Search and Rescue Demonstration to take place in the area Thursday

22 WING/CFB North Bay
News Release

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The Canadian Forces will be conducting a Search and Rescue (SAR) Demonstration approximately 30 kilometres north of North Bay, Ont. at approximately 10:30 a.m. on January 17, 2012. This demonstration is in support of an outdoor survival course being conducted by Widdifeld Secondary School.

Students will be creating shelters and signalling devices and put their survival skills to the test with a real CC-130H Hercules and SAR crew. Search and Rescue Technicians (SAR Techs) will also parachute into the area, should the weather permit.

This demonstration will provide an opportunity for military training to take place all while educating North Bay youth on Search and Rescue in Canada.

Smoke and other signalling devices will be used as part of the exercise. For safety reasons and to facilitate training, the public is asked to please stay away from this area and to refrain from contacting authorities should they see distress signals in that area for approximately one hour.

424 Squadron is responsible for the 10 million square kilometers of the Trenton Search and Rescue Region comprising most of the Province of Quebec, all of Ontario, the Prairie Provinces and the entire Arctic.
The Squadron crews maintain a 30-minute standby response posture during normal working hours and on a two-hour posture at all other times in order to respond to distress cases as tasked by the Rescue Coordination Centre.

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