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SAR technicians almost all based in southern Canada
November 1, 2010 By Carey Fredericks
Nov. 1, 2010, Ottawa - Search and rescue technicians are almost all
based in Southern Canada, even though most of Canada's remote and
hard-to-reach areas are in the North, according to the Conference Board
of Canada's Waiting to Be Rescued map, the latest in its Here, the North
series.
"While our search and rescue technicians are trained in Arctic rescue,
they are not based in the North," said Gilles Rhéaume, Vice-President,
Public Policy. "As the North becomes busier, as a result of a growing
number of flights taking polar routes, increased maritime shipping in
Arctic waters, and greater economic development, there will be
increasing demand for search-and-rescue technicians to serve the North."
As the map shows, virtually all search-and-rescue technicians are
stationed in Canada's Southern regions. CFB Trenton, for example, which
commands search and rescue operations throughout most of the North, is
closer to Quito, Ecuador, than it is to the Canadian military base at
Alert, Nunavut.
Waiting to Be Rescued is the eighth map in the Centre for the North's
Here, the North series. The maps are designed to illustrate similarities
and differences between Canada's North and South and among northern
regions.
