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Candlelight Walk

OCEAP members assisted the Town of Port Hope with road closures during the Candlelight Walk last evening. A procession of singers holding candles worked their way down Walton and Queen Streets to the park where the Christmas lights were lit. OCEAP members attend these events at the request of the Municipality of Port Hope to provide an additional level of safety to the events.

Urban SAR Training Day

OCEAP held an urban search and rescue training exercise today. With the support of Jubalee Beach Park, OCEAP members have an opportunity to search actual neighborhoods – looking around buildings, under decks and in sheds. We have been lucky to be able to make use of this venue for many years as an annual fall exercise.

The weather gave us a bit of an additional challenge as lake effect snow blew in reducing visibility and making walking and finding clues more difficult for the crews. We were also lucky to have a volunteer come out and take on the role of victim for the day. It was a great day and we believe members gained valuable experience.

A bit of weather moved in as the crews were preparing to head out.

Training segment 1A with Crew 1120
Evacuating our ‘victim’ to safety.
Team members at CP-02 at end of training.

Remembrance Day 2022

OCEAP members were proud to attend the Remembrance Day Ceremony in Port Hope today. OCEAP members assisted the Municipality by assisting with the road closures to maintain public safety.

Rebound Child and Youth Services K4K

OCEAP members assisted Rebound Child and Youth Services in their Kilometers for Kids 5K and 10K runs in Cobourg. Working with St John Ambulance and Cobourg Police Auxiliary, our members led the two runs on bike and followed behind the last runners for safety.

Great day to be out on the beautiful Cobourg waterfront.

Our Crew for the Day.
Ready for the 5K and 10K.

October Training Day

OCEAP held our October Training day on Saturday, October 15th in Port Hope. We were joined by our mutual aid partner Respond Search and Rescue as well as a number of new Members in Training.

OCEAP Presentation – Sept 15

OCEAP recently renewed our Memorandum of Understanding with the Cobourg Police Service. As part of our mutual cooperation, OCEAP did a presentation for the Cobourg Police Auxiliary Unit on our Team and what we do. This was followed by a high level briefing on Search and Rescue basics. We appreciated the opportunity to present and look forward to future training sessions together.

August 2022

Port Hope Police Bike Rodeo

OCEAP in conjunction with the Port Hope Police and Port Hope Police Auxiliary held a Bike Safety Rodeo at the police station on August 12th. A mini course was laid out and bicycle safety was reviewed.

Canada Day 2022

July 1st is an opportunity to reflect on how lucky we are to be Canadian and enjoy the freedoms and lifestyle that come with that. Happy Canada Day 2022.

It was nice to once again to have a parade down the main street of Port Hope. The parade was a little bit smaller than some years in the past, but it was still great to get out and enjoy the beautiful day.

OCEAP members assisted the Town and the Port Hope Police Service with monitoring road barricades in support of public safety throughout the day.

Walton and Cavan Streets in Port Hope.
Parade was followed by music and children’s events in the Park.

Cobourg Highland Games

June 17th and 18th. Once again this year, OCEAP members worked with the Cobourg Highland Games Committee as a fund raiser for our Team. OCEAP members maintained a First Aid station on site for the Saturday as well as providing access control, bartenders and support staff for the events on Friday night and Saturday. OCEAP members provided over 150 hours of service. Our members love this event.

Our Friday evening crew ready to go.
Saturday Evening crew ready to wrap up the evening.

OCEAP would like to express our great thanks to all of our volunteers who gave up their time to come out and help raise funds for the Team. Without our awesome members, we could not exist. Thanks to the Highland Games Committee for working with us again this year.

Heros Highway Ride 2022

At the request of the Town of Port Hope and the Port Hope Police Service, OCEAP members manned the road barricades in the downtown core for the HHR and Rally 2022. It was great to see all the bikes roll thru town in support of our veterans past and present.

Just the start. The street was filled end to end with bikes!