
Volunteer Search and Rescue in Newfoundland and
Labrador started in 1982, under the Emergency Measures Organization, who
at that time, organized the teams and trained the local Police as
trainers for the teams..
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The teams primary role was and remains to assist the RCMP by providing a cadre of trained volunteers
to conduct ground searches for persons who become lost in the Central
Newfoundland wilderness..
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While many Canadians take advantage of our great
outdoors, sadly there are approximately 10,000 incidents annually in
Canada. The majority are marine related (6,000 alone in oceans are...
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