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As members of Port Colborne Marine Auxiliary Rescue Unit watch a city of Port Colborne Sugarloaf Marina employee use a travel lift to launch the unit’s main rescue boat.

Volunteer marine rescue unit urges boater safety ahead of 2025 season

by Pocomar May 16, 2025August 10, 2025No Comments

By Rose Lamberti from NiagaraThisWeek. May 16, 2025. The Port Colborne Marine Auxiliary Rescue (POCOMAR) unit is preparing to launch into another season of search and rescue operations on Lake Erie, and its volunteers are reminding boaters to wear life-jackets and stay safe on the water. Mike Speck, commander of the all-volunteer unit, addressed Port …

FIRST RESPONDERS: POCOMAR helping keep Haldimand’s coast safe

by Pocomar October 10, 2024January 13, 2025No Comments

POCOMAR, also known as the Port Colborne Marine Auxiliary Rescue, is a registered charity that patrols the waters of Lake Erie from the Niagara River to the Grand River, rescuing boaters and swimmers who are in trouble.

‘People need to wear a life-jacket’: POCOMAR urging boaters act safely when out on the water

by Pocomar July 8, 2022January 13, 2025No Comments

POCOMAR’s season starts as soon as they can get out on the waters. The calls go into October and November.

“If we’ve had a relatively calm summer, we have a relatively low search and rescue operation count,” he said. “If the weather is blustery a lot and the waves are high, we tend to have more calls.”

“People need to wear a life-jacket when they go (out),” said Dashwood, adding that “A hundred per cent of the times that we don’t recover somebody, it’s because they weren’t wearing their life-jacket.”