I think the biggest risks are the fact that any support beyond what's right there is really far away both in time and distance. If there's a first aid emergency here in Ottawa, I can call 911 and somebody would be there in minutes. If you call the equivalent of 911 in Alert, it's hours to potentially half a day before the closest person is going to get there, just because of how far it is. It's 4,000 kilometres from here to fly there. With the station, then, even though I only have fewer than 10 people, the whole conglomeration of them provides all that support. It's a mini self-contained village with all the functions that you would have, which is what the air force provides for us.
On February 18th, 2015. See this statement in context.