Central Okanagan Rescue Exercise

With the goal of furthering the education and experience of BC’s rescue community, Central Okanagan Rescue Exercise is scheduled for April 25-27 in Kelowna, BC.

CORE will be hosted by Central Okanagan Search and Rescue and will include multiple instructors from around the province.

For 2025 we are expanding the event. This year there are three different events in one.

1) CORE– Our standard SAR EMCR oriented rope event designed to be fun and educational for rope rescue members of all levels. CORE sign in will start at 4pm on Friday followed by fun challenges to get you ready for the weekend.

2) CORE X– a competitive 7-person team based rope event covering all rope rescue disciplines (SAR, Fire, Industrial etc). You will organize your own team members before the event. You can use members from multiple SAR teams etc. Teams will be required to bring all of their own gear. CORE X will start the Friday Morning… Time TBD.

3) CORE GSAR– Similar to core but focused on GSAR skills. Designed to support GSAR skill development through fun and educational GSAR scenerios of various difficulties. 1) CORE- Our standard SAR EMCR oriented rope event designed to be fun and educational for rope rescue members of all levels. CORE GSAR sign in will start at 4pm on Friday followed by friendly challenges.

Please only sign up for ONE of the events.

There is FREE onsite camping for a limited number of people. We will have porta poties onsite. Expect campfires each night with good times with friends from around the province.

We look forward to having a fun rescue weekend with you!