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Item 1:
Things to think about for our organization: Replace
"volunteers" with what we really are... unpaid professionals
Four Guiding Precepts
1. Plan with People
2. Train with Purpose
3. Execute with Excellence
4. Plan and Foresee(plan our OWN future then
make it happen - MAKE THE MISSION)
Item 2:
Transition
to this new BAYSAR.net website is on-going - please standby for many changes and
updates as content construction, modifications and troubleshooting continues
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BAYSAR's evaluation on 29 May 10 - went extremely well!
Congratulations to all who participted. BAYSAR is renewed once again and
we are operationally certified by the the Canadian Forces - CASARA evaluators
for another 18 months.
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BAYSAR Air Search and Rescue
is an all civilian volunteer organization based
in North Bay that is a part of Canada’s nation-wide structure of search
and rescue units. We are partially funded through the Department of
National Defence and Transport Canada and maintain very high standards
of training and readiness. BAYSAR is on standby 24 hours a day, 7
days a week for both air and ground searches as requested by local and
provincial police forces and the military Joint Rescue Coordination
Centre (JRCC). Our volunteer ground search teams and aircrew
members are well-trained, motivated and certified to Civil Air Search
and Rescue Association (CASARA) standards. Every 18 months we must
pass an in-depth and demanding evaluation involving both ground and air
emergency scenarios conducted by CASARA Ontario personnel and Canadian
Forces Liaison Officers from 424 Search and Rescue Squadron in Trenton,
Ontario.
In the 20 years that BAYSAR has
been in operation, its volunteers have been involved in dozens of air
and ground searches in the North Bay and surrounding areas and has
earned many accolades from police forces and the Canadian military.
Air searches have involved our members flying aboard Canadian Air Force
SAR C-130 Hercules and Griffon helicopters and our own civilian
aircraft, a retired US Air Force Cessna O-2A, a Cessna 182 and a
Cessna-172, in wide-ranging operations that have taken us as far west
as Thunder Bay, east to North Eastern Quebec, south to the outskirts of
Toronto and north to James Bay.
BAYSAR is also a local community service organization, fundraising
through charity bingo and being a key-player in the northern Ontario
School Police Emergency Action Response (SPEAR) initiative as well as
briefing children on what to do if they find themselves lost in the
wilderness through our “Hug-a-Tree” program.
Basic Membership Requirements: You
must be at least 18 years of age, overall good-health, willing to learn
and participate in air and or ground searches and training. Be
willing to volunteer your time to the betterment of your community and
yourself. A police records check is also required due the nature
of our work. We have modest annual dues of $25 per year
and require you to participate in our bingo fundraising activities a few
times a year. If we interest you, we encourage you to speak to some of
our volunteers and pickup an application package. Please send an E-mail and one of our members will
contact you.
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