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Bill Meikle
Members and leadersdeputy, Sooke Volunteer Fire Department7 articles1997–2012
| Role(s) | deputy, Sooke Volunteer Fire Department; search manager, Juan de Fuca Search and Rescue; Juan de Fuca search and rescue; Juan de Fuca search and rescue manager; search manager, Juan de Fuca Ground Search and Rescue; assistant search and rescue manager, Juan de Fuca Search and Rescue; Diamond Jubilee Medal recipient |
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| Appears in | 7 articles |
| First recorded | 9 July 1997 |
| Last recorded | 30 May 2012 |
Every mention, with the words used
"Bill Meikle, founding member Juan de Fuca Search and Rescue. Still monitors radios and phone calls to JdF SAR from his home."
"said Bill Meikle, assistant search and rescue manager"; "They would have been walking in a pretty rough area with rocky terrain and fairly slippery in spots"; "They were up there most of the day before we got the call, so they were happy to get down, get out and to be gone"
"Meikle, 68, search manager for the Juan de Fuca Ground Search and Rescue"; quoted: "when you have to make a transfer dangling over water, it takes a lot of muscle and patience"
"Bill Meikle, Juan de Fuca search and rescue manager, said the area where the accident happened would have made a rescue very difficult. The pressure of the water and the conditions there are extreme… It is basically a canyon. One side is straight up 300 feet."
"Bill Meikle of Juan de Fuca search and rescue said he got the call for assistance at about 10 p.m. Saturday"; "It was too dark to try and look for anything that night"
"Search manager Bill Meikle says that has some team members feeling downhearted"
"Sooke Volunteer Fire Department deputy Bill Meikle"; said the trail isn't designed for emergency evacuation