Cochrane Search & Rescue was involved in the following call-outs and events over the course of 2023:
Missing Person Search – December 24, 2023
Location: Waiparous
Tasking Agency: Cochrane RCMP
Number of CSAR Participants: 7
Total CSAR Volunteer Hours: 13
Missing Person Search – December 5, 2023
Location: Cochrane
Tasking Agency: Cochrane RCMP
Number of CSAR Participants: 12
Total CSAR Volunteer Hours: 9
Community Event: Cochrane Light Up – November 25, 2023
Location: Cochrane
Number of CSAR Participants: 3
Total CSAR Volunteer Hours: 19.5
Missing Person Search – October 3-8, 2023
Location: Waiparous/ Water Valley
Tasking Agency: Calgary Police/ RCMP
Number of CSAR Participants: 43 (several members attended multiple operational periods)
Total CSAR Volunteer Hours: 679
Missing Person Search – August 21, 2023
Location: Cremona
Tasking Agency: Didsbury RCMP
Number of CSAR Participants: 21
Total CSAR Volunteer Hours: 139.7
NWT Fires Standby Request – August 17, 2023
Tasking Agency: NWT RCMP
Number of CSAR Participants: 7
Total CSAR Volunteer Hours: 168
Missing Person Search – August 11, 2023
Location: Canmore
Tasking Agency: Canmore RCMP
Number of CSAR Participants: 14
Total CSAR Volunteer Hours: 89.6
Missing Person Search – July 30, 2023
Location: Cochrane
Tasking Agency: Cochrane RCMP
Number of CSAR Participants: 13
Total CSAR Volunteer Hours: 20.3
Community Event: Canada Day Lost Children – July 1, 2023
Location: Cochrane
Tasking Agency: Cochrane Fire
Number of CSAR Participants: 4
Total CSAR Volunteer Hours: 51
Missing Person Search – May 30, 2023
Location: Cochrane
Tasking Agency: Cochrane RCMP
Number of CSAR Participants: 28
Total CSAR Volunteer Hours: 86.5
Northern Alberta Wildfire Assistance – May 11-22, 2023
Location: Northern Alberta (Grande Prairie, Slave Lake, Peace River)
Tasking Agencies: Emergency Operations Centre Grande Prairie West Dunes Fire and Environmental Enforcement Branch for Peace River
Number of CSAR Participants: 13 (8 deployed)
Total CSAR Volunteer Hours: 615.8
Missing Person Search – April 8, 2023
Location: Kananaskis
Tasking Agency: Supporting Foothills SAR
Number of CSAR Participants: 7
Total CSAR Volunteer Hours: 79
Missing Person Search – February 18, 2023
Location: Canmore
Tasking Agency: Canmore RCMP
Number of CSAR Participants: 22
Total CSAR Volunteer Hours: 193.5
Community Event: Kimmett Cup – February 10-11, 2023
Location: Cochrane
Number of CSAR Participants: 18
Total CSAR Volunteer Hours: 82.3
Missing Person Search – January 23, 2023
Location: Cochrane
Tasking Agency: Cochrane RCMP
Number of CSAR Participants: 20
Total CSAR Volunteer Hours: 6.7