PEOPLE
Ground
On June 26, 2005, Allan Lang, past President of the Search and
Rescue Volunteer Association of Canada (SARVAC) and member of Sault Ste.
Marie SAR, passed away. He is remembered as a true statesman for search
and rescue and an advocate for volunteers.
Grant Statham, a Parks Canada Public Avalanche Safety Specialist,
has won a 2005 Public Service Award of Excellence in the Citizen-focused
Service Delivery category. Mr. Statham joined the public service in 2003
to implement the recommendations from the Backcountry Avalanche Risk Review,
which followed a particularly deadly season in the mountains.
Marine
John L. Adams, former Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard
and Associate Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, was appointed Associate
Deputy Minister of National Defence, as Chief of the Communications Security
Establishment.
Helmut Lanziner has won Transport Canada's Marine Safety Award
for 2005. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to Canadian maritime
safety.
Air
Vice-Admiral J.Y. Forcier, formerly Search and Rescue Region Commander,
Pacific, is the first commander of Canada Command. Canada Command is the
cornerstone of Canadian Forces transition and is the unified and integrated
chain of command at the national and regional levels. It will have the immediate
authority to deploy maritime, land and air assets in their regional areas
of responsibility in support of domestic operations.
Major Pat McSorley, former Officer in Charge of the Joint Rescue
Co-ordination Centre, Victoria, and recently Senior Analyst at the National
Search and Rescue Secretariat (NSS), replaces Maj. Kevin Grieve
as the Senior Staff Officer for Search and Rescue at National Defence
Headquarters and ICSAR Co-ordination sub-committee representative. Maj.
Graham Newbold has replaced Maj. McSorley as Senior Analyst with the
NSS.
Major Roger Smith has retired as the Officer in Charge of the
Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre (JRCC), Trenton, and as the Officer
in Charge of the Canadian Mission Control Centre (CMCC). Maj. Colin
Duncan is the new Officer in Charge at the JRCC, while Maj. Alain
Tanguay has taken over as the Officer in Charge of the CMCC.
John Davidson has been re-elected as the President of the Civil
Air SAR Association (CASARA) National for another term.
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