I believe that the centres are staffed by approximately 20 persons, a dozen of which are military members. The others are Coast Guard employees. As I said, this partnership works particularly well. The same model is in use on the west coast. All the centres receive more than 900,000 calls a year. The three search and rescue centres in the country receive more than 9,000 a year.
On May 29th, 2008. See this statement in context.