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Tri-County Ground Search and Rescue Group, Inc. (TCGSAR) is a volunteer emergency service group, administered by its members.

(TCGSAR) is a volunteer emergency service group, that is activated by a municipal police force, the RCMP, or the Emergency Measures Organization (EMO). TCGSAR provides its services when activated by a municipal police force, the RCMP, or the Emergency Measures Organization (EMO). Their primary mandate is to locate, access, stabilize and transport lost, missing, or injured persons, but are also called on to provide evidence search services to police forces. TCGSAR can also be called on to provide support to emergency services in disasters and emergencies. TCGSAR also provides free preventative training to the community, by offering wilderness safety and survival training through the federally sponsored national AdventureSmart programs like Hug-A-Tree & Survive, Survive Outside, Snow Safety, Snowmobiling, and PaddleSmart.

10/18/2026

This weekend, TCGSAR conducted one of our annual mock seach Kouchibouguac National Park

These exercises give our members an opportunity to work in new and old roles within the command post, improve the efficiency of tasking and team deployment, and incorporate canine taskings to support the development and operational integration of our K9 in training. Most importantly, they help ensure we are prepared to respond when called upon by either of the national parks within our coverage area.

This weekend also brought an unexpected opportunity to put that readiness into practice. Around supper time on Saturday, TCGSAR was activated for a real search. While this limited some of the extrication training we had planned, it gave our team a valuable opportunity to practice transitioning from a training exercise to an active search, including mobilizing members and preparing our command post for deployment to provide mutual aid.

Thank you to our members who dedicate a weekend each year to making this important training happen. Your time and commitment help ensure we remain ready to respond when our communities need us.

A special thank you to Kouchibouguac National Park for your incredible hospitality year after year and for continuing to support our training.

10/16/2026

🚨 Training Alert 🚨

This Saturday (October 17), Tri-County Ground Search and Rescue will be conducting several emergency training exercises in the park.

These activities help prepare our staff and first responders to effectively handle search and rescue operations. 🚒 🧭

Tri-County Ground Search and Rescue NB
Royal Canadian Mounted Police in New Brunswick

10/09/2026

Wednesday evening, our team came together for regular training, reviewing our recent large-scale training mock search in downtown Moncton, discussing lessons learned from a recent search debrief, and planning for our upcoming training at Kouchibouguac National Park.

We are proud to continue our annual training in both Fundy National Park and Kouchibouguac National Park, two important areas within TCGSAR's coverage area. These opportunities help strengthen our working relationships and ensure our members remain prepared to respond in the diverse environments we serve.

On Thursday, members were also out supporting their regular blood donation efforts, continuing our commitment to giving back to the community both on and off the field.

Please note that all photos shared by TCGSAR are from training exercises and other planned events, never from actual search activations. We remain committed to protecting the privacy of those involved in search operations.

Thank you to all our members for their continued dedication to TCGSAR and the communities we serve.

10/04/2026

Yesterday, one of our team’s instructors, a Paramedic with TCGSAR, travelled to Miramichi Ground Search and Rescue (MGSAR) to deliver an extrication course focused on Field Team Leaders and Search Managers.

The morning focused on critical patient extrication and field care considerations, including the use of Stokes baskets and litter wheels, QuikLitter rescue tarps, scoop stretchers, and other modern rescue equipment and techniques. We also addressed some of the long-standing myths and dogma surrounding antiquated approaches to spinal restriction, with an emphasis on current, practical and evidence-informed practices.

Miramichi Ground Search and Rescue members, joined by several TCGSAR members, worked through proven extrication tactics, the transmission of M.I.S.T. reports to Paramedics through mutual aid radio channels, the use of an overhead drone as a force multiplier during complex extrications, and the importance of Patient Care Records to support effective patient handoffs.

The afternoon moved outdoors onto steep terrain, where participants were able to put those concepts into practice. Teams were challenged to troubleshoot different rescue scenarios and determine which equipment and techniques worked best for safely managing and extricating simulated patients and subjects in challenging terrain.

We would like to thank MGSAR for inviting us to participate and for their continued commitment to improving interoperability between Search and Rescue teams.

As Search and Rescue teams, we never know when we may need to rely on mutual aid. The more familiar we are with each other’s equipment, capabilities and operating practices, the better prepared we are to work together when it matters.

10/03/2026

It’s been a busy 24 hours for TCGSAR!

From concluding a successful search operation last night, to having our team out at both the Salisbury Fire Department and Riverview Fire Department open houses today, our members have been keeping busy.

We had our Command Post set up in Salisbury, while our Ground Support Vehicle and Logistics Trailer were in Riverview. Our members were on hand throughout the day to show the public what we do, answer questions about Search and Rescue, and chat with people interested in getting involved and joining our team.

At the same time, one of our members was in Miramichi instructing an Extrication Course for MGSAR, with several of our members also taking part in the training.

We’ll have a separate post tomorrow with some photos and more details from the extrication training in Miramichi.

A huge thank you to our members who have been absolutely flat out over the past 24 hours. And thank you to the public, our supporters, and everyone who continues to help us stay well equipped, improve our capabilities, and become a better Search and Rescue team.

We couldn’t do it without you.

09/30/2026

A big thank you to Express Imaging inc. in Dieppe for helping us take our training to another level!

We now have a collection of high-quality, durable life-size printouts of people in various sizes that we can use during our mock searches, particularly with our overhead drone teams.

We have some big plans for these and are excited to start incorporating them into our training. Adding realistic subjects to search areas will give our members another way to practice spotting, identifying and locating people from the air, while making our exercises more challenging and realistic.

We are always looking for ways to improve our training methods and better prepare our members for real-world searches. These printouts are a simple addition, but they give us another tool to bring a little more realism into our scenarios.

Thanks again to Express Imaging for helping make this possible!

09/28/2026

Yesterday, 9 of our members were in Shediac for the Touch-a-Truck event.

We brought along our Command Post, one of our boats, and a variety of the equipment we use during searches, including our thermal drones, AQUAEYE, medical equipment, and members’ personal search and rescue gear.

It was a great opportunity to meet members of the community, show people some of the tools we use, and talk about what we do as a search and rescue team.

A big thank you to all of our members who came out, the organizers for putting on the event, and everyone from the public who stopped by to check out our equipment and learn more about TCGSAR.

09/21/2026

Saturday, TCGSAR took part in a coordinated mock urban search in Moncton alongside Codiac Regional Royal Canadian Mounted Police, CASARA_National, Emergency Management City of Moncton / Ville de Moncton, Moncton Fire Department and NBEMO - OMUNB.

Our ground teams worked through roads, trails, sidewalks, parks, large venues and other high-probability areas, using lost person behaviour and proven search tactics to guide the search.

At the same time, CASARA, Emergency Management Moncton, MFD and TCGSAR worked together to deploy RPAS and efficiently cover a much larger area of the downtown core.

The combination of ground teams and RPAS allowed the area to be searched methodically and the subject to be located in a relatively short time.

The exercise also gave two RCMP SAR Commanders the opportunity to complete their certification under the guidance of S/Sgt. Sylvette Hebert.

A big thank you to Heritage Group Properties for allowing us to use their space for our Command Post and staging area, and to the members of the public for allowing us to train in the places where they live, work and play. Your cooperation and support helped add a great deal of realism to the exercise.

A great day of training, teamwork and learning with our partners. Exercises like this help keep us ready for when we are activated together.

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Samedi, TCGSAR a participé à un exercice simulé de recherche en milieu urbain coordonné à Moncton, aux côtés Service régional de Codiac de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada, de l'Association civile de recherche et de sauvetage aériens (CASARA), de l'Organisation municipale des mesures d'urgence de la Ville de Moncton, du Bureau d'incendie de Moncton et de l'Organisation des mesures d'urgence du Nouveau-Brunswick.

Nos équipes de terrain ont sillonné les routes, les sentiers, les trottoirs, les parcs, les grands espaces publics et d'autres zones à forte probabilité, en s'appuyant sur le comportement des personnes perdues et des tactiques de recherche éprouvées pour guider leurs opérations.

En parallèle, CASARA, l'Organisation municipale des mesures d'urgence de la Ville de Moncton, le Bureau d'incendie de Moncton et TCGSAR ont travaillé ensemble pour déployer des drones et ainsi couvrir efficacement une zone beaucoup plus vaste du centre-ville.

La combinaison des équipes de terrain et des drones a permis de ratisser le secteur de manière méthodique et de localiser le sujet dans un délai relativement court.

L'exercice a également permis à deux commandants de recherche et sauvetage de la GRC de compléter leur certification sous la supervision de la S.é.-m., Sylvette Hebert.

Un grand merci à Heritage Group Properties de nous avoir permis d'utiliser leurs locaux pour installer notre poste de commandement et notre zone de rassemblement, ainsi qu'aux membres du public de nous avoir permis de nous entraîner là où ils vivent, travaillent et s'amusent. Votre coopération et votre soutien ont grandement contribué au réalisme de cet exercice.

Une excellente journée d'entraînement, de travail d'équipe et d'apprentissage avec nos partenaires. Des exercices comme celui-ci nous permettent de rester prêts lorsque nous sommes mobilisés ensemble lors d'un avis d'activation.

09/17/2026

We continued our classroom training and skills station preparation last night as we get ready for our Urban Search exercise this Saturday, September 19.

We had 47 members out for training, working through urban search concepts and hands-on skills that will be put into practice during the mock search this weekend.

The exercise will take place in the area of Assomption Boulevard, east of Vaughn Harvey Boulevard, through to Botsford Street and bordering Wheeler Boulevard, including Connaught Avenue.

This exercise is being conducted as a training opportunity with local partner agencies and is designed to help our members build experience working in an urban environment, while also developing coordination and communication between multiple agencies and search resources.

The goal is to build skills and improve our readiness so we're better prepared when we're activated for a search.

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Service Area:
Moncton, NB

Telephone

+15068635587

Website

http://tcgsar.ca/

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