Burns Lake, B.C. – John Rempel has been awarded the Public Safety Lifetime Volunteer Award for service and rescue.

Rempel, a local volunteer in Burns Lake, was presented the award  by Susan Anton, Attorney General , at the legislature.

 Rempel has been an active Ground Search and Rescue member with Burns Lake Search and Rescue since 1989, and is currently

one of the group’s search and rescue managers.  John regularly acts as a liaison between Burns Lake Search and Rescue and the RCMP,

the Village of Burns Lake, the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako and other ground search and rescue groups.