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 […]
Update: Found, Missing Spanish woman speaks no English
Kiana has been salefy located. The North Bay Police Service would like to thank members of the public and the media for their assistance in locating Kiana. NBPS would also like to thank BAYSAR Search and Rescue for their assistance in this incident. BAYSAR assisted the North Bay Police Service’s Emergency Response Team in a […]
Missing girl located safely-North Bay Police
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 […]
Posting by Michael Kerzner
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 […]
BAYSAR airborne electronic search skills shared with York Regional Police
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 […]
BAYSAR flight reveals tracks from one lucky snowmobiler
‘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
Video from NBPS & BAYSAR SAREX 19 Oct
“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 […]
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 […]









