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S Q U A M I S H C H I E F. C O M
WHAT WILL THE NEW SAR COMPOUND LOOK LIKE?
The Squamish Chief sat down with SAR members to talk about their move to the Squamish Municipal Airport—Don Patrick Field in April 2026 INDIGO LEMAY-CONWAY
ilemayconway@squamishchief.com
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he Squamish Search and Rescue team will have a new home in 2026, but what exactly will that look like? The Squamish Chief took a tour of SAR’s current compound and sat down with the project managers to discuss the plans for their new home at the Squamish Municipal Airport – Don Patrick Field.
PHOTO BY JENNIFER THUNCHER/THE SQUAMISH CHIEF
THEIR CURRENT BASE
The location of the new SAR base near the airport.
Located opposite Brennan Park Recreation Centre lies the present home of SAR’s compound. Tucked into a block shared with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations at 42000 Loggers Lane, the SAR compound is far from what you’d imagine when it comes to its size.
For a volunteer organization with 60 members, that does around two to three rescues a day on a weekend at the peak of summer, they share a parking lot with Ministry workers and have to expertly reverse three of their cars through one garage door to keep them out of the elements. This includes their flashy Land Rover
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Defender 130 that they won through the 2023 Defender Service Awards. There’s also only one toilet shared amongst all members, and no shower spaces to clean up after a big [and often dirty] day of rescues. To store some of their other vehicles and boating equipment away from the elements, SAR
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