The Newfoundland and Labrador Search and Rescue Association is welcoming more than 400 delegates from across the country as it hosts SARScene 2023.

Among the items on the agenda is a Search and Rescue demonstration at Sunshine Rotary Park in St. Phillips based on a hurricane disaster type scenario.

Search and Rescue Association President Harry Blackmore says they are aware of the timing of the exercise as meteorologists watch Hurricane Lee’s progress in the Atlantic Ocean. He says it’s something they’ve all had in their minds over the last few days.

“We didn’t know what to do with it first,” says Blackmore, “but we said we’ll take a chance, and let’s hope we don’t get the real thing.”

SARScene 2023 takes place at the Delta Hotel this weekend.