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National Defence committee There has not actually been a tremendous change in the number of incidents. In 2004, we recorded 7,500. In 2006, we recorded 8,500, and in 2008-09, we recorded 9,000. So there's been a little bit of growth, but in some years it also fell somewhat. What we have found with the te
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee We are indeed. I didn't brief it today, but the last time I was here I talked a little bit about our major air disaster plan. We have the capability of delivering to the site of a ship or an aircraft in distress with a large number of people aboard. We can deliver kits that have
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee I'm unable to speak to that, I'm sorry.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee I really don't. I don't know what the coast guard's...or whether it's a combined ship. I don't know what the program is, to be honest. My current SAR posture doesn't include that, for sure.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee Those comments referred to international cooperation. At least the question I answered was dealing with international cooperation.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee No, not at all. We have an interdepartmental search and rescue committee that I participated in as well. I'm just not familiar with what was planned or programmed.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee We do cater to special activities, such as the herring roe fishery on the west coast, where there's an opening period of vulnerability for a number of vessels responding. We have changed our posture to accommodate that. I'm not entirely sure, but I believe that in Ontario in the
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee I didn't mention the false alarm in our briefing, but I mentioned the number of SAR incidents. They all start off as an alert, a warning. Until all the information is available, we are not certain whether it's an actual distress signal or a false alarm. Moreover, there are variou
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee I haven't had any recent dealings with their successes. I haven't met anybody who has glowing reports, but otherwise I have no.... As I mentioned earlier, I think the whole privatization question is a complex one and deserves a considerable amount of research.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee In terms of...?
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee Absolutely. We work with our SAR OPIs in the various committees, and we participate in international committees, such as ICAO, that focus on SAR. We have a number of exchanges in that regard, absolutely.
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee I believe there is, sir. It is very timely that you ask that question. First of all, although I didn't mention it in my briefing, CASARA is our federally sponsored voluntary organization. They are more prevalent south of 60 by virtue of the number of private operators of aircraf
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee You are correct, sir. With current basing, we do not have any helicopters that far north. If I may point out, though, the helicopter that we do have, the Cormorant, has a lot better capability to operate in poor weather conditions than the Labrador, the helicopter it replaced. S
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee Actually, those two reports that I referred to, the work done in 2007 and 2008, formed the basis for evaluating whether or not it was necessary or desirable or affordable to move to a better posture. I think what the statistical analysis.... When you take over 40,000 incidents
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover
National Defence committee We do, absolutely. We continue to do trend analysis, and not only for the offshore but certainly in the north as well, where we monitor trends and increase in activity. I think it was mentioned, but it bears repeating, that the federal SAR resources are just one of many assets
March 30th, 2010Committee meeting
Col Paul Drover