BAYSAR and police battle weather in mock rescue exercise

It was a soggy, cold late August night as more than a dozen BAYSAR volunteers gathered at the former E.W. Norman school parking lot.

On this night the crew gathered to work with North Bay Police on a rescue training exercise. 

In the lot, the volunteers and police share photos of the missing person. French told the rescuers that the missing person likes to chew Excel gum and he likes snacking on Smarties. 

“We set up a scenario where our target is playing the role of a person with dementia who has wandered off,” explained Stan French, the longtime official with BAYSAR

Link to story: https://www.baytoday.ca/local-news/baysar-and-police-battle-weather-in-mock-rescue-exercise-7473885