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National Defence committee Yes, absolutely that takes place. That's one of the responsibilities. Again, the focal point of SAR response really is the rescue coordinating centres. The OIC of that centre, the officer in charge, has a daily review of all case activity. There may be a number going on at any pa
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee It is, and it is a trigger as well--an alarm, if you will--to situations that may be deemed unsafe or ineffective for other reasons. At the same time, it serves to highlight some of the finer moments. As you know, our SAR techs in particular do some incredible work, often at grea
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee Perhaps that answers the jet versus turbo question--
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee But it does one thing. To have somebody on the scene to report the situation is important, because then you have a full picture. Yes, that is absolutely correct.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee Achieving what, sir?
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee To go out to anywhere in the region?
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee No, and I don't think we can guarantee a two-hour response by aircraft to anywhere in the region. There's not an aircraft that can go fast enough.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee We are currently still using the national search and rescue manual. It is in a different format from the volume 4 supplementary Canadian one referred to, which I understand is being developed. It's not something I'm particularly involved in. It really speaks to the same elements
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee Yes, sir.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee Sir, I'd like to report it has. We're working toward a solution. The difficulty is that we've been using two different databases, and we haven't been rigorous enough in terms of what we're trying to capture. The databases that are currently out there are incomplete in terms of do
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee We are indeed. Again, every time we have year review we look at the program and the past review, and we do our SAR reporting figuring out if there's a need for improvements and change. I would say we were very responsive to ongoing things. Again, I think participation in the Arct
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee In my estimation, what we'll see in the next version is very little change. The format will be changed, but the content won't because basically it's been developed over many years; it's a reflection of what we were dealing with as a very mature program that's been put in place an
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee It may be down to that. If I may take this opportunity, that same report that made those observations made another observation. It said that: The management and delivery of search and rescue (SAR) services by the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Forces (CF
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee I'm not sure it actually depicts it accurately, but it's fairly close to where it is. The United States are responsible south of our line.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee That's correct.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover