Squamish Search and Rescue volunteers are adding a new tool to their backwood rescue toolbox: a helicopter hoist system. The hoist uses a winch to allow rescue team members to lower to a subject, and raise them back up into the hovering aircraft. Landon James, Squamish SAR operations director, said the team has been doing fixed long-line rescues for years, but that system is more complicated. According to James, the hoist will mean they don't need to leave the rescue site and can get to the subject faster. He said the volunteers that are getting certified for the hoist already have their ground training done.

Source: CBC News June 28, 2020 18:56 UTC