Awesome, Tim does deserve it. He has put in COUNTLESS volunteer hours with NSR.
And his response shows what he's all about.
_I really appreciate it. Its a great honour, Jones said. But you have to take a step back and realize theres dozens of guys out there in search and rescue that do what I do in terms of time commitment. This is really a shot in the arm for search and rescue in B.C. It puts us more on the map and rightly so. We do make a huge difference, asking little in return. Were all volunteers and this is an honour I share with the other volunteers in this province.
Jones noted that a Nelson SAR volunteer lost her life during a river rescue this year.
The teams are not an inexhaustible resource, he said. Theyve got jobs, theyve got families, they go on holidays, they get sick, they get hurt. Theres training, theres fundraising, theres so many hours that go into just getting a team in the field. And theres the odd time someone loses their life. So this really honours all of those 2,500 volunteers, and those who gave their lives.
Jones also saluted the other first responders his team often works alongside, particularly volunteer firefighters and his employer, B.C. Ambulance Service._
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