Tri County Ground Search and Rescue

30 JUL 2011- Tri-County was activated by District #6 RCMP on 29 JUL to assist in locating a missing 74 year-old woman in the Weaver Settlement area in Northumberland County.  Tri-County provided relief for York-Sunbury Search and Rescue who were the first responding team in the night of 28 JUL.  Also responding were SAR volunteers from Chaleur (GS09) and Miramichi (GS10).

At 1015, pilot Tom Reid of the RCMP helicopter located the subject, 1,880 meters from the point last scene. The subject was in good condition and was returned to her residence after being checked by EMS personnel.

02 JUL 2011, Moncton- Tri-County completed a successful search operation at Adam's Pool in the Bald Mountain area of Northumberland County.  On July 2nd, Tri-County was activated by the Sunny Corner detachment of RCMP District #6, to locate an overdue angler. The gentleman has been dropped at a trail head along this allotted section of Crown Reserve on July 1st at 1030. When he was not at the appointed pickup location that evening, his fishing companions alerted police. Tri-County arrived on scene at 0720 on July 2 and located the angler walking south along the main access road.

Tri-County GSAR was activated at 18:27 May 31^st to assist in a search for two missing persons; the team provided a limited amount of resources. Due to the large geographic region involved only a management team and members with ATV’s were asked to respond. District 11 RCMP released the following media report Thursday morning, (Jun 2):

A search began on Tuesday after 50-year-old David Harrison and 59-year-old Grace Steeves were reported missing. They had been travelling on an ATV in the Elgin area. Members of the RCMP, Tri-County Ground Search and Rescue volunteers, officials from the New Brunswick Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement Unit and a rescue helicopter from Nova Scotia were all involved in the search.

On June 1 at around 7 p.m., the bodies of both of the missing people were discovered near the Prosser Brook Road area in Elgin. Their ATV had crashed. Neither victim was wearing a helmet. Alcohol is also suspected to have been a factor in the crash.

Tri-County was activated for an evidence search in the Albert County area today, 08 December. Working in support of an on-going investigation, the team fielded 16 members for a total of  159 hours.