La Crete Search and Rescue

Big welcome to the crew from Fox Lake who are our newest members of the ORSAR team.

A huge thank you to our friends from Hinton and Area Search and Rescue, Parkland Search and Rescue Society, Edmonton Regional Search & Rescue Association, CZSAR - Central Zone Search & Rescue - RDSAR, South Eastern Alberta Search and Rescue Association, Klondike Trail Search and Rescue, Greenview Search and Rescue, La Crete Search and Rescue, and Lesser Slave Lake Search & Rescue for offering members to assist with this weekend’s search.

Your willingness to leave your families, travel long distances, and stand beside another team speaks volumes about what the Search and Rescue Association of Alberta community is all about.

No one team can do this alone. We truly are stronger together.

ORSAR thanks you all for your support.

La Crete SAR is ready to respond!
12 members have completed basic training.

We would like to thank the following!
Search and Rescue Association of Alberta for all your on going support and provided training!

Lesser Slave Lake Search & Rescue Opportunity Regional Search and Rescue Red Earth Creek Fire Department Edmonton Regional Search & Rescue Association for providing instructors!

Pinelodge Bible Camp for allowing us to use the facilities and surrounding forest to conduct all of our training!

Come join us this Tuesday evening!

SPRING ICE IS NOT SAFE ICE

As temperature rise, ice conditions change rapidly – even id it looks solid.
Spring ice is:
• Weak and unpredictable
• Thinning from below due to moving water
• Deteriorating from sun exposure and runoff
• Unsafe for walking, snowmobiling, ATVs or pets

What You Need to Know:
• There is NO safe ice thickness in spring conditions
• Shorelines weaken first
• Flowing water, culverts, and inlets create hidden thin spots
• Dark ice equals weaker ice

If Someone Falls Through:
• Call 9-1-1 immediately
• Do NOT rush onto the ice
• Use the Reach, Throw, Don’t Go method:
o Reach with a pole, branch, ladder
o Throw a rope, flotation device, cooler lid
o Stay low and spread your weight

Protect Children and Pets:
• Keep pets leashed near water
• Supervise children at all times
• Remove backyard rink boards promptly to discourage play

Remember:
• If you are not 100% sure – stay off the ice
• No fish, shortcut, or photo is worth your life

A few of our founding members plan to attend the La Crete Polar Cats Snowmobile Club rally this Sunday. We will be wearing these hoodies. If you have any questions about the new team track this hoodie down. Hope to see you there!

We are pleased to announce that as of January 23, 2026, La Crete Search and Rescue Association has officially been incorporated.
We are a community-funded, non-profit organization with a mission to build and provide a locally based search and rescue capability in Northwestern Alberta.
With incorporation complete, our next step is to finalize training with the Province of Alberta. Once training is complete, we will be fully operational and ready to respond.
Currently, our team consists of approximately 20 volunteers.
If you live in or near La Crete or within Mackenzie County and are interested in joining a search and rescue team, you can contact us at [email protected] or send this page a message.
Please note: We are not yet accepting new volunteers while we complete training for our current members. We anticipate opening recruitment within the next few months and will make an announcement when that time comes.