Project Lifesaver SAREX with OPP -Sept 14, 2022

During the afternoon (Sept 14th, 2002) the newly trained OPP officers participated in a search and rescue exercise (SAREX) organized by BAYSAR. Volunteers with BAYSAR acted as missing persons in three scenarios of increasing difficulty. BAYSAR instructors assisted the OPP during the SAREX. In the final, most difficult scenario, BAYSAR supplied a helicopter and aircrew […]

Multi-agency response helps in search for missing child

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 […]

Lost ‘vulnerable’ child rescued from the cold with help from Project Lifesaver

‘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 […]

In recognition of their work with Project Lifesaver

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 […]

Police, Baysar hone lifesaving skills

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 […]

Project Lifesaver Media Launch

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 […]

PROJECT LIFESAVER UPDATES!!!

On Sep 13 BAYSAR met all the standards to become operational as a Project Lifesaver agency by successfully certifying five Electronic Search Specialist Instructors. Our associate agency, the North Bay Police Service, had previously certified two Electronic Search Specialist Instructors. Together in partnership, BAYSAR and NBPS will be able to train and recertify sufficient personnel […]