‘We’ve already learned of two fatalities from snowmobiling this season. As a result of an aerial ice condition survey done by BAYSAR on Sunday, January 15, we can see that one lucky snowmobiler came close to being the third’ https://www.baytoday.ca/local-news/baysar-flight-reveals-tracks-from-one-lucky-snowmobiler-6394468?fbclid=IwAR1SlyRTn24RroXWGZZMs1AGlKlz1wFan7z-oZmFHfJ5G7riMMO-nbW9Smo
“This video was taken in the field by a NBPS member on Oct 19, 2022, during a Project Lifesaver search and rescue exercise (SAREX). It shows the final stage of locating our volunteer who was acting as a missing person equipped with a Project Lifesaver transmitter. The missing person had wandered off from a hiking […]
Nugget StaffPublishing date:Jan 07, 2022 • 1 week ago • 2 minute read It took less than an hour for a missing child to be discovered on Boxing Day after the child’s grandmother heard a yell in the distance. The search involved members of Baysar Air Search and Rescue, the North Bay Police Service, Callander Fire and Emergency Services, District […]
‘Hypothermia can be a killer in a short time if you are wet, especially in freezing temperatures’ Jeff TurlJan 7, 2022 3:53 PM Listen to this article00:03:28 A ‘vulnerable’ child, lost in a bush and swampy area of Callander over the Christmas holidays was saved, in part, by a remarkable device that directed rescuers to the […]
On October 23, 2021, NBPS received a call that a Project Lifesaver client was missing. The client had been missing for two hours before family members called 911. Cst. Oerton attended the residence while Cst. Hofmann started a mobile search with a Project Lifesaver receiver. With just two radio receivers the missing person was found […]
PJ Wilson Publishing date:Oct 27, 2021 • 6 days ago • 3 minute read • When a vulnerable person goes missing, every minute counts. In the past year, three people in North Bay, clients of Project Lifesaver, were reported missing to North Bay police. Police, Baysar hone lifesaving skills All were found within minutes of the search starting. “For us, time […]
Sudbury Star Staff Jul 10, 2021 The OPP’s Nipissing West and North Bay detachments, in conjunction with BAYSAR Air Search and Rescue of North Bay, have announced that Project Lifesaver is up and running in West Nipissing and North Bay OPP jurisdictions. From Verner to Mattawa, from Marten River to Powassan and in all the […]
Friday morning (November 6th, 2020) BAYSAR and North Bay Police Services had a media launch for Project Lifesaver. Thank you to those in attendance and to the great local community donors. “BAYSAR will be the Project Lifesaver lead agency for the area, with the NBPS and OPP responsible for the initial emergency response when a […]
Check out video with CTV with BAYSAR President Stan French https://northernontario.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1968238&jwsource=cl
Project Lifesaver could be up and running in North Bay by the fall. The joint effort between the civilian emergency rescue service BAYSAR and the North Bay Police Service (NBPS) has raised more than $14,270 so far. It aims to raise another $5,000 to complete the purchase of startup equipment. The funds came through donations […]
