SARCan - Canada's Volunteer SAR Podcast

Huron and Area Search and Rescue
  • 5.0 (2)
  • Non-Profit
  • Updated Biweekly

SARCan: For Volunteer SAR About Volunteer SAR By Volunteer SAR SARCan is brought to you by Axiom Mutual Insurance.

  1. Jun 12

    SARCan - S2E6 - Grain: Food, Danger, Rescue

    In our 27th episode, hosts Spencer and Patrick talk with Firefighter Dylan Dekraker about the risks of confined space and rescue within the farming silo community. Our episode sponsor is the Huron-Perth Junior Farmers and our shout out is to the volunteers of the Halifax Search and Rescue. SARCan is Canada's Volunteer SAR podcast and brought to you by Axiom Mutual Insurance; Keeping Promises, Close to Home. For Volunteer SAR About Volunteer SAR By Volunteer SAR SARCan is made possible by Hay Communications and edited by Bad Puppy Productions. Please contact us if you have a show idea, which to highlight your SAR unit or give a shoutout to a member of your team at sarcan@hasar.ca

    31 min

  2. Apr 18

    SARCan - S2E5 - Navigating The North

    In our 26th episode, hosts Spencer and Patrick talk with Mike Rarog, founder of Arctic Response Canada where Mike talks about navigation and navigating and SAR in the far north of Canada. Our episode sponsor is Mill Road Manufacturing and our highlight is Boots On The Ground. SARCan is Canada's volunteer SAR podcast and brought to you by Axiom Mutual Insurance - Keeping Promises Close to Home. For Volunteer SAR About Volunteer SAR By Volunteer SAR SARCan is made possible by Hay Communications and edited by Bad Puppy Productions

    36 min

  3. Mar 19

    SARCan - S2E4 - Everyone Has A Voice

    For SARCan's 25th episode, our topic is International Women's Month; where hosts Spencer and Patrick talk with Chief Superintendent Dana Earley of the Ontario Provincial Police and Darlene Sharpe of Dufferin Emergency Search & Rescue - both leaders in their respective fields. Both guests talk about being a woman in Policing and SAR and the changes and successes that have come over the years. SARCan is Canada's volunteer SAR podcast and is brought to you by Axiom Mutual Insurance; Keeping Promises Close to Home. For Volunteer SAR About Volunteer SAR By Volunteer SAR This episode sponsor is Usborne & Hibbert Mutual Insurance and SARCan is made possible by Hay Communications and edited by Bad Puppy Productions. If you with to share an idea for an episode, highlight your team or a team member; email us at sarcan@hasar.ca

    34 min
  4. SARCan - S2E3 - Origin Stories - Part 1

    Feb 28

    SARCan - S2E3 - Origin Stories - Part 1

    Episode 24 of SARCan has hosts Spencer and Patrick speaking with Adam Seltzer and Jordan Pennington as they discuss the creation of the Huron & Area Search and Rescue and Bimaajitoon Search and Rescue - both started in 2018. They highlight the challenges and successes of starting their own volunteer SAR organizations. SARCan is Canada's Volunteer SAR podcast and brought to you by Axiom Mutual Insurance, Keeping Promises Close to Home. For Volunteer SAR About Volunteer SAR By Volunteer SAR This episode sponsor is Howick Mutual Insurance and our SAR Shoutout is to Stan French of BAYSAR. SARCan is made possible by Hay Communications and edited by Bad Puppy Productions.

    44 min
  5. SARCan - S2E2 - SARVAC - Dedicated to Saving Lives

    Feb 3

    SARCan - S2E2 - SARVAC - Dedicated to Saving Lives

    Episode 23 of SARCan has hosts Spencer and Patrick speaking with the Search and Rescue Volunteer Association of Canada (SARVAC)'s President, Janelle Coultes and SARVAC's Executive Director, Paul French; about 2025 in SARVAC across the country. From searches to the Humanitarian Work Force, SARVAC covers it all in this recap. SARCan is brought to you by Axiom Mutual Insurance, Keeping Promises Close to Home: For Volunteer SAR About Volunteer SAR By Volunteer SAR This episode's sponsor is West Wawanosh Mutual Insurance. SARCan is made possible by Hay Communications and edited by Bad Puppy Productions.

    50 min

  6. Jan 18

    SARCan - S2E1 - Search Not Wander

    SARCan is sponsored by Axiom Mutual Insurance, Keeping Promises Close to Home. In our 22nd episode, the first of Season 2, hosts Spencer and Patrick talk to Bailey Vandorp and Randy Chapman of the Alzheimer's Society Huron-Perth; about caregiver support and the journey of change for those living with and caring for those with dementia. January is Alzheimer's Awareness month. SARCan's SAR Spotlight is with Bruno of Georgian Bay Search and Rescue and our volunteer shout out is to HASAR's own, Jason Clark. SARCan is Canada's volunteer SAR podcast: For Volunteer SAR About Volunteer SAR By Volunteer SAR SARCan is made possible by Hay Communications and edited by Bad Puppy Productions.

    40 min
  7. SARCan - A Very Merry 2025 Recap

    2025-12-24

    SARCan - A Very Merry 2025 Recap

    SARCan Episode 21 - A Very Merry 2025 Podcast SARCan's Hosts Spencer and Patrick talk about the upcoming #huronpolarplunge, January 1st in Goderich with the Alzheimer's Society of Huron-Perth; and recap the 20 episodes of SARCan - Season 1! Later, the hosts speak to Adam the Elf, working hard at the North Pole! SARCan is Canada's volunteer SAR podcast For Volunteer SAR About Volunteer SAR By Volunteer SAR This episode, and SARCan itself, is sponsored by Axiom Mutual Insurance; Keeping Promises Close to Home. SARCan is made possible by Hay Communications and edited by Bad Puppy Productions. Have a safe new year and please send any ideas or thoughts for 2026, Season 2, to sarcan@hasar.ca

    31 min
  8. SARCan - Search and Remember

    2025-11-03

    SARCan - Search and Remember

    SARCan is Canada's Volunteer SAR Podcast, brought to you by Axiom Mutual Insurance. For Volunteer SAR About Volunteer SAR By Volunteer SAR Hosts Spencer and Patrick talk with noted naval author and historian Roger Litwiller in this Remembrance Day edition of SARCan. Mr. Litwiller and hosts discuss the Battle of the Atlantic and the basics of search technology from WWII onwards and evolving into Search and Rescue. Mr. Litwiller also gives history to the Canadian Coast Guard in the war. Special thanks to SBO-OVSAR for their hosting of SARScene this past October in Ottawa. SARCan is made possible by Hay Communications.

    31 min
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