The SAR Take

Today we interview a guy with a 400lb bench. Kevin Wallace is from course 43 and we talk a lot about fitness. Kevin also shares some great Rescue stories and gives insightful advice. We hope you enjoy this wide-ranging conversation.

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This podcast was prepared or accomplished by Dylan Weller and Jonathan Kovacs in their personal capacity. Any views or opinions expressed or represented in this podcast are personal and belong solely to the podcast hosts and their guests and do not represent those of people, institutions, or organizations that the hosts or guests may or may not be affiliated or associated within a professional or personal capacity. Any views or opinions are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, or individual. The names, dates, or personal details may have been changed or removed to protect confidentiality.

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In our second episode of "do something great," we go into detail with Chris about joining the military and changing trades. We talk about key components of joining the military, and how to best set yourself up for changing trades. SAR will be accepting candidates next year and now is the time to ensure you have everything ready for a solid application. Maybe you are not interested in SAR, this information applies to any trade. There are things you could be doing now for a better application in 10 months. We want you to be successful and this episode will help. RESCUE!

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This podcast was prepared or accomplished by Dylan Weller and Jonathan Kovacs in their personal capacity. Any views or opinions expressed or represented in this podcast are personal and belong solely to the podcast hosts and their guests and do not represent those of people, institutions, or organizations that the hosts or guests may or may not be affiliated or associated within a professional or personal capacity. Any views or opinions are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, or individual. The names, dates, or personal details may have been changed or removed to protect confidentiality.

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This week we interview 2 major roles in the SAR occupation medical training. With more than 60 years of combined experience, Mike and Joel share some stories, give advice on joining any medical profession, and have an overall great chat. We hope you enjoy this conversation, please share, like, and subscribe.

You can always email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or queries.

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This podcast was prepared or accomplished by Dylan Weller and Jonathan Kovacs in their personal capacity. Any views or opinions expressed or represented in this podcast are personal and belong solely to the podcast hosts and their guests and do not represent those of people, institutions, or organizations that the hosts or guests may or may not be affiliated or associated within a professional or personal capacity. Any views or opinions are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, or individual. The names, dates, or personal details may have been changed or removed to protect confidentiality.

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This week we interviewed a SAR Tech who just retired after 24 years! Born and raised in Glace Bay, NS. Married to Nadine with a 6-year-old girl Zoe. Joined the CAF in 97 as a supply tech, became a para rigger in 2002. OD is from course 41 and has worked at 424, 103, 413 and JRCC. A Dad, husband, outdoor enthusiast, athlete, and we talk about it all. We also talk about a few Rescue missions. I hope you enjoy this episode, please like/share/subscribe. Reach out to us too!

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This podcast was prepared or accomplished by Dylan Weller and Jonathan Kovacs in their personal capacity. Any views or opinions expressed or represented in this podcast are personal and belong solely to the podcast hosts and their guests and do not represent those of people, institutions, or organizations that the hosts or guests may or may not be affiliated or associated within a professional or personal capacity. Any views or opinions are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, or individual. The names, dates, or personal details may have been changed or removed to protect confidentiality.

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New series! We are occasionally going to have episodes specific to our take on life and accomplishing goals. This series starts off with an introduction to Chris Maclean. He is an incredible human being with a lot of experience and good things to say. It so happens he is a selection officer in the military and along the way, he will be able to help us navigate the military system for people who want to advance or change careers. It won't just be military though! Chris also has a very good mindset and great ideas on how to accomplish goals and live a solid life! 

Enjoy. RESCUE!!!!!

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This podcast was prepared or accomplished by Dylan Weller and Jonathan Kovacs in their personal capacity. Any views or opinions expressed or represented in this podcast are personal and belong solely to the podcast hosts and their guests and do not represent those of people, institutions, or organizations that the hosts or guests may or may not be affiliated or associated within a professional or personal capacity. Any views or opinions are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, or individual. The names, dates, or personal details may have been changed or removed to protect confidentiality.

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We really hope you enjoyed part 1 of this incredible guy's story. In part 2 we talk more about PB's involvement in Canadian Search and Rescue and some more Rescue stories. Quite an interesting topic we end up talking about is "risk management vs mitigation" and our guest knows a lot about this.

Enjoy. RESCUE!!!!!

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This podcast was prepared or accomplished by Dylan Weller and Jonathan Kovacs in their personal capacity. Any views or opinions expressed or represented in this podcast are personal and belong solely to the podcast hosts and their guests and do not represent those of people, institutions, or organizations that the hosts or guests may or may not be affiliated or associated within a professional or personal capacity. Any views or opinions are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, or individual. The names, dates, or personal details may have been changed or removed to protect confidentiality.

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In the 1st part of this 2 part series, we get the fortunate opportunity to chat with a very experienced helicopter pilot. This guy has such an incredible story, we talk about careers, missions, and fun stories. We had to break it into 2 because of how this guy has done. Part 2 only gets better, enjoy.


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This podcast was prepared or accomplished by Dylan Weller and Jonathan Kovacs in their personal capacity. Any views or opinions expressed or represented in this podcast are personal and belong solely to the podcast hosts and their guests and do not represent those of people, institutions, or organizations that the hosts or guests may or may not be affiliated or associated within a professional or personal capacity. Any views or opinions are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, or individual. The names, dates, or personal details may have been changed or removed to protect confidentiality.

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We had some audio difficulties so we apologize if the volume changes a lot.

Today we are back chatting with Mark Robar, a very experienced SAR Tech that just took on retirement! We chat good stories and talk about a couple Rescue Missions.

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The SAR Take has moved recording locations! Here the co-host and creator Dylan Weller chats about exciting up and coming things for The SAR Take, and what our plan is moving forward. A lot of exciting things are to come, but until our next full episode here is a "best of" for the first 10 episodes. Thank you, everyone, for all of the support, we are going to take this as far as possible. SCUEEEE!

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This podcast was prepared or accomplished by Dylan Weller and Jonathan Kovacs in their personal capacity. Any views or opinions expressed or represented in this podcast are personal and belong solely to the podcast hosts and their guests and do not represent those of people, institutions, or organizations that the hosts or guests may or may not be affiliated or associated within a professional or personal capacity. Any views or opinions are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, or individual. The names, dates, or personal details may have been changed or removed to protect confidentiality.

We chat with our own co-host BK about who he is and where he came from. As expected, there are lots of jokes and stories along the way. BK takes the cake with the slowest round of hop and pop ever. We also talk about motivation and Dylan's toddler makes his first cameo. Enjoy, RESCUE!!!!!

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This podcast was prepared or accomplished by Dylan Weller and Jonathan Kovacs in their personal capacity. Any views or opinions expressed or represented in this podcast are personal and belong solely to the podcast hosts and their guests and do not represent those of people, institutions, or organizations that the hosts or guests may or may not be affiliated or associated within a professional or personal capacity. Any views or opinions are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, or individual. The names, dates, or personal details may have been changed or removed to protect confidentiality.