Member for north coast, thank you honorable speaker. When someone in british columbia goes missing. They can rest assured that people are out looking for them in north coast. Prince rupert ground search and rescue is one of the many sar groups responding to the call. These courageous individuals volunteer their time and effort to locate missing persons.

Prince rupert jisar recently purchased a new mobile command center to allow the search crew to respond more quickly and efficiently to calls it features a cell signal and hand radio booster antenna as well as signal booster repeaters, which allows sar teams to communicate again across greater distances inside they have a complete operational center with space for the operations, planning and logistics departments and the search manager it's self-sufficient for at least three days with food, water, backup generator and a battery bank.

With recent extreme weather events, we know more than ever the importance of search and rescue work in the fraser valley, valley, vancouver's, urban search and rescue team was deployed to help rescue over 270 people trapped between two mudslides in chilliwack search and rescue helped save several people sunday night after their home on wilson. Road was badly damaged by flooding and numerous gsar groups are engaged across the province as we deal with this emergency.

These british columbians give their time and expertise without hesitation, often on a moment's notice, risking themselves in some of the most dangerous situations in a rugged environment, making sure someone in trouble stays alive, bc's, ground, search and rescue volunteers battle, the worst weather conditions and navigate the most dangerous terrain to find and rescue the lost and injured.

I want to take this opportunity to thank the 80 search and rescue groups and approximately 2500 gsar volunteers we have in this province. Your work is invaluable to all british colombians.

I also want to give a shout out to my local prince rupert ground search and rescue, who have recently been deployed on a multi-day mission and put their new command center to the test. Thank you for your service.