Lifeboat Society

THE NORTH Shore Life-
boat Society (NSLS) has
just completed a major
membership drive which
will beef up its staff, all of
whom are volunteers.

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

The NSLS, which has a rescue
boat in Deep Cove and one at
Fishermen's Cove in West Van-
couver, transports fire and am-
bulance crews to emergencies.

In North Vancouver, the NSLS
plays an instrumental role in: get-
ting ambulance attendants to
emergencies located along Indian
Arm, where often the oniy means
of transportation possible is on
water.

“We work very closely with the
ambulance service and Tim Jones,
the unit chief for North Van-
couver,’’ says NSLS director Dave
Lamb. ‘**He’s been very supportive
of us and has been very in-
strumental in setting up protocol
with EHS (Emergency Health
Services).

Lamb is happy with the number
of new members the NSLS has
managed to attract. There have
been [2 people running the show
for the last two years. Lamb, who
wears many hats within the NSLS
including being in charge of fund-
raising and public relations, said
the membership drive managed to
attract an additional 30 members.

All will soon begin their train-
ing sessions, which are coordi-
nated through the Canadian Coast
Guard Auxiliary.

In fact, says Lamb, it is the
Coast Guard Auxiliary which
handles the operational side of the
NSLS while the society itself is
responsible for the administrative
side of things.

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“We also do examination of
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and we try to get to the people
before they get out on the water,”
says Lamb.

Lamb, who is in charge of the
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how the NSLS is deployed for ac-
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would call for an ambulance. The
ambulance service would page the
Deep Cove crew that are on call.
The coxswain is responsible for
the mission. He would call in to
the ambulance service, get all th.
details and then pick up the ani
bulance crew and zip up to where
the emergency is,”? says Lamb.

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teach the scenes of emergency situations in isolated areas such
as Indian Arm, which is the area the NSLS’s Deep Cove boat
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