Comox Valley Ground Search and Rescue

Welcome to Comox Valley Ground Search and Rescue

We are a 100% volunteer driven organization, with volunteers from every aspect of the community, who receive training ranging from Rope and Swift Water Rescue to Avalanche Rescue and First Aid, to name only a few. We are a very dynamic Group. Our Members are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and respond to a wide variety of Emergency situations. In 2005, we contributed over 12,000 hours to Search and Rescue Operations, Educational Programs and Community Events.

Our main area of responsibility ranges from Oyster River in the North to Cook Creek in the South and Buttle Lake in the West to the Georgia Strait in the East, including Denman and Hornby Islands. There has been a steady increase in number of Search and Rescue Operations over the last few years, from an average of approx. 15, 5 years ago, to over 40 in 2005, which marked that year as our busiest year on record.

To bolster our number of Search and Rescue Volunteers, we recently started another Member in Training (MIT) session, which saw the addition of 12 new volunteers. These new members are embarking on the Ground Search and Rescue Course as of January of 2007. The Comox Valley Ground Search and Rescue Association continues to play a vital role in the Comox Valley and is looking forward to many more years of service.