What's Happening in Calgary, AB…

Calgary police, individuals from the university, Search and Rescue personnel, and other first responders recently came together to engage in an exercise designed to hone their skills in finding missing children.

The University of Calgary held a mock missing child situation on its grounds. It involved searching for two lost boys, aged 9 and 10. Searchers were given plenty of details about the children, including hair and eye color, the clothing they were wearing, and plenty of other details. The exercise lasted several hours, and included the search of wooded grounds as well several university residences.

The afternoon provided an excellent opportunity for the responders to work together and put theories into practice. After it concluded, the participants were debriefed, which provided a chance to talk about what worked and what didn’t.

This practice run is considered to be important, as the university will soon be holding several summer camps for local children; should any of them wander away or go missing, first responders will know just what to do to find them quickly.

The local Search and Rescue group consists or about 120 volunteers who are ready to come out any time to perform searches in both urban and rural environments.

Practice runs such as this are vital in helping to make sure that a missing person can be found quickly. A printing company can help to make the search run smoothly by creating log sheets and other custom printed items that can keep everything as organized as possible.