Kamloops Search and Rescue was called to 49 separate tasks in 2017 making it their busiest year-to-date.

Search and Rescue members put in 3,545 hours throughout the year — nearly double the 1,882-hour-per-year average from 2012 to 2016. Search manager Alan Hobler attributes the increase to several multi-day jobs and more members attending searches.

Kamloops search and rescuers were involved in several major events in 2017, including the search for Cache Creek fire chief Clayton Cassidy, who was swept away by flood waters in May and later found dead,

The search for Cassidy was