The Central Okanagan Search and Rescue crews assembled for two calls on Dec. 21, 2021.
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December 22, 2021 - 9:38 AM
The Central Okanagan Search and Rescue team responded to two calls last night – one in Kelowna and one in West Kelowna
The first call came in at 8:45 p.m yesterday, Dec. 21, when the Kelowna RCMP asked for help locating an elderly woman with dementia, according to a Central Okanagan Search and Rescue release.
She had last been seen around 3 p.m. in the downtown area.
The team was mobilizing when they learned that the woman had been found in Rutland so they stood down.
About an hour after the first call, at 9:50 p.m., a call was received by the B.C. Emergency Health Services, who needed assistance locating a man and two dogs that had been involved in a car accident on Jackpine Forest Service Road in West Kelowna.
The man, who was shaken up, was heading towards town and called 9-1-1 once he was back within cell service.
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The first call came in at 8:45 p.m, when the Kelowna RCMP asked for help locating an elderly woman with dementia, according to a release from COSAR. She had last been seen around 3 p.m. in the downtown area.
The team was mobilizing when they learned that the woman had been found in Rutland so they stood down.
About an hour after the first call, at 9:50 p.m., another one came in from the B.C. Emergency Health Services, who needed assistance locating a man and two dogs that had been involved in a car accident on Jackpine Forest Service Road in West Kelowna.
The man, who was shaken up from the crash, began heading towards town and called 9-1-1 once he was back within cell service.
Emergency health services was unsure if an ambulance could make it up the forest service road to reach the man, who appeared to be in the early stages of hypothermia.
Seven members responded with their UTV and medical teams. Upon arrival they realized the forest service road had been plowed and could be used by an ambulance.
The man was found about a kilometre up the road, standing near an abandoned campfire that was started a few hours earlier.
He was checked out and released by paramedics. The search and rescue team made sure him and his dogs got home safe.
The two calls on Dec. 21 were the organization's 102 and 103 responses in 2021.
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