The young person who was missing has been found safe and sound Author of the article: Published Jul 18, 2023 • Last updated 6 hours ago • < 1 minute read Article content A missing 12 year-old girl has been found safe and sound. The North Bay Police Service thanks their media partners and the public for their assistance. The […]
Michael Kerzner who is the MPP for York Centre and Solicitor General for Ontario posted about Project Lifesaver on their Facebook page thanking Vic Fedeli and the collaboration between BAYSAR and the York Regional Police. Michael Kerzner Project Lifesaver will train police to find vulnerable people via air search and rescue teams, saving valuable time […]
Every minute counts when trying to find a missing, vulnerable person. The average time to find a Project Lifesaver client is 30 minutes, but when ground searchers can’t pick up a signal right away, being able to search from an aircraft makes the system work even better. Stan French, President of BAYSAR Air Search and […]
‘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
Dan and Stan attended an entire day of training at the NE Region OPP HQ yesterday. It was annual training for SAR Managers from all the NE Region detachments. They were invited, as part of OSARVA, to participate. Stan was also asked to make a presentation about BAYSAR history and capability. Stan offered, and they […]
“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 […]
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 […]
Sirens in the Park, Callander, ON, August 20, 2022
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 […]
