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; LOOKING TO THE FUTURE — North Shore Rescue Team members Jamie Sryant (left) and Tim Jones (right)
are reflected in the sunglasses of feliow member George Zilahi. The trio were discussing fundralsing plans to
a pay fora much-needed Command Vehicle to replace the volunteer team’s 10-year-old truck.

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: By Andrew McCredie

Associate Editor —
E. andrewOnsnews,com

SHE idea cf the North Shore
Rescue Team needing to be res-
cued is growing ever more pos-

a sible as the volunteer organiza-

tion continues to struggle with
j fundraising efforts for a new

-command vehicle.

_ And with winter just around the cor-
ner, team leader Tim Jones has launched
a new campaign called Operation Rescue.

“It’s really getting near the critical
point with our present vehicle,” Jones

@ said earlier this week. “And with the win-

"ter months approaching, we’re on course
for another record number of rescues.”
Last year the 40-member volunteer

: force took part in 60 rescues in North
Shore mountains, the Fraser Valley and
other parts of the province and

Washington state.

Jones estimates the team’s 1997 tally
at approximately 49 rescues, and with
November and December still to come,
the team is expecting another 20 or so
calls.

And that’s what’s got Jones worried.

“Our current vehicle is over 10 years
old,” Jones says, “and we crawl up
Seymour or Cypress roads at about 20
miles per hour.”

In addition, the brakes on the truck
are a constant concern for team mem-
bers, especially on slick and dark roads —
conditions that go hand in hand with
mountain rescues.

The confined space of the current
truck also hampers the team’s ability to
do its job.

“With our increasing role in complex
wilderness medical rescues, we need a
vehicle that has the expanded capacity to
transport and deploy specialized life-sav-
ing equipment, allows us to respond to

critical situations on time, and maintain
communication with our rescue person-
nel,” Jones adds.

What they need, he says, is a
$350,000 command vehicle, which
includes $90,000 in communication
equipment.

To date, the team has raised $20,000,
primarily in the form of individuals writ.
ing cheques to the fund.

“But what we really need is some big
dollar corporate help,” Jones says.
“Someone that will come in with
$50,000 or $100,000 and get this thing
going.

“We hope that the business communi-
ty, citizens and those who value the out-
doors will come forward to support us in
our own life-saving campaign.”

For more information about
Operation Rescue, call 983-7441.
Donations can be forwarded to the

- team’s office at 147 14th St., North

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