Home Mailer highlights work of RCMSAR stations of coastal BC, seeks financial support for operations

RCM SAR Station 64 vessels  at dock in Prince Rupert

The Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Service has launched an information campaign across the province to highlight the work of their volunteer members on the waters of coastal British Columbia.

Stations like RCMSAR Station 64 in Prince Rupert are often called out for marine rescues, as well as to provide for other safe boating initiatives. 

The notes on their work are arriving in mailboxes across the region this week, part of their fundraising and recruitment drive to inform residents of the region of their work and to help fund the critical search and rescue training that their members take on each year.

Included in the home mailer is a snapshot of the work of the Stations along the BC coast in 2022, their volunteers putting in over 58,000 hours of service to mariners in the province's waters.

One of the local members of Station 64 gets a shoutout from the mail campaign, with Max Erwin saluted for this work with RCMSAR 64.

Coxswain Erwin was recently celebrated by the local RCMSAR station for his recent achievement with Station 64.

The fundraising is an important part towards keeping their vessels in the water, while they receive support from Federal and Provincial governments, that financial contribution does not meet all of their needs.

That leaves the members of each station to fundraise towards their own training programs and equipment for their missions when called out for assistance.

You can use the form included in the home mail campaign to make your donation, or use their website to learn more of their work and to offer your financial support. That link also outlines how you can become involved with one of the five RCMSAR stations that are on the North Coast and Haida Gwaii regions. 

Local notes of interest can be reviewed from Station 64 website as well as through their social media stream.

More notes on the work of Emergency Responders across the Northwest and on coastal waters can be explored further here.

Cross posted from the North Coast Review.