| 8:30 - 10:00 |
OPENING CEREMONY IN THE THEATRE DU CASINO |
| Rooms |
Chopin |
Suzor-Côté |
Delfosse |
Julien-Gagnon |
Walker |
| 10:30 - 11:10 |
Leading Leaders
Chris Long |
EXERCISE MARCH FORWARD - Canada’s first national Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) deployment exercise
Edward Czank |
Train One, Save Many Fundraising Campaign
Howard Ramm |
Airlift Rescue at the Sûreté du Québec
Karl Sasseville and Yves Girard |
Implementing the 2005 Changes to CPR and First Aid Training Programs
Rick Caissie |
| 11:15 - 12:00 |
The Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary: Serving Local Communities
Malcolm Dunderdale |
COSPAS-SARSAT Programme Status, Developments and Prospects
Daniel Lévesque,
Cheryl Bertoia |
International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008
Marty Bergmann |
Level of involvement of SAR volunteers
Raoul Proteau |
What do those numbers mean anyway? — Educating others about the basics of using GPS to promote safety
Bill Steer |
| LUNCH |
| 13:00 - 13:40 |
Search Duration: When do you stop searching?
Jim McAllister and Ian Connings |
Prevent Water Incidents by Knowing the Facts!
Peter Garapick,
Claire Tucker-Reid |
Enhancement of precipitation analysis and forecast at the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC)
Viateur Turcotte |
JRCC and CF and the new Canada Command
Maj. Alain Tanguay,
Maj. Colin Duncan,
Maj. Grant MacDonald |
Using ATVs in Ground Searches
Michel Lafleur,
Gilles Poirier |
| 13:45 - 14:25 |
Ground Search Team Leader - Planning and Organizing for a SAR Mission - THE FILM
Don Blakely,
Jim Elderton |
The Avaluator — a Canadian avalanche safety decision tool for amateur recreationists
Pascal Haegeli |
Maritime SAR in the UK
Mark Rodaway |
The Extended Maritime Survivor Locator (EMSL)
Dean Rowsell |
Dementia Assistance Committee — A model for change in Policing
Sgt. Uday Jaswal |
| BREAK |
| 15:00 - 15:40 |
Impact of the Canada Labour Code on SAR volunteers
S/Sgt Erickson |
Search and Rescue: A 360 degree perspective
Andy Olesen,
Bill Clayton |
Dealing with the Media at the Sûreté du Québec
Lt. Richard Bourdon |
Geomatics as a Science and a Tool for Search and Rescue: The GEOIDE Network’s Perspective
Nicholas Chrisman |
SAR K-9 Selection, Training, & Being Deployed by Police Agencies
Dave Walker |
| 15:45 - 16:30 |
Distress Signalling, Not-for-Profit,Private Industry and Government working together to provide boating safety education.
Peter Garapick,
John Gullick |
The Operational Performance of Commercially Available Liferafts in Tow and Drift Conditions
Jonathon Power |
Risk Management — Isn’t that Human Resources’ job?
Randy Servis |
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SAR K-9 Selection, Training, & Being Deployed by Police Agencies
Dave Walker |
| Rooms |
Chopin |
Suzor-Côté |
Delfosse |
Julien-Gagnon |
Walker |
| 8:00 - 8:40 |
How to effectively plan, organize and facilitate a meeting to achieve maximum results
Dave Brewer |
Civilian and Military Co-operation in the UK SAR Environment
Gerry Taylor |
Grief and Condolences for the Emergency Responder
Paul Olmstead |
TSB: Small Vessel Stability
Guy Bussières |
Canine Augmentation Technology Project
Alexander Ferworn |
| 8:45 - 9:20 |
Using Tracking to its Full Extent in Search & Rescue
Everett Savary |
RNLI Operational Update
Howard Ramm |
Safety while sea kayaking in a marine environment — new video (English only)
Suzie Malouin,
Martin Desrosiers |
First on the Scene: supporting the TSB at an air crash site
André Turenne |
Third Party Child Abduction - A SAR Units worst case scenario
Don Blakely |
| BREAK |
| 9:45 - 10:25 |
Maritime SAR Needs Analysis Methodology
Yves Leclerc |
Leadership in Crisis or Crisis in Leadership
Scott Wright |
Communications Interoperability Project
Neil Brewer |
Dealing with the media in emergency situations: a voluntary sector perspective
Don Shropshire |
Dealing with Alzheimer in Québec
Denis Théoret |
| 10:30 - 11:10 |
The New Marine Forecast Program
Hamish Murray |
Space to the Rescue
Jim King |
SAR Management Technology Integration
Neil Brewer |
Ice and Cold Water Immersion in Canada: Facts & Results from 10 Years of Research Conducted by the Canadian Red Cross
Michèle Mercier |
The utility of locating technology for use by people who are at risk of wandering
Elizabeth Steggles,
Jamie Leslie |
| LUNCH |
| 13:00 - 13:40 |
Caribbean Initiative - Helping others to help themselves
Commodore Everette Tucker |
Transform your Prevention Program with a Social Marketing Focus
Barbara Byers |
Safety while sea kayaking in a marine environment — new video (French only)
Suzie Malouin,
Martin Desrosiers |
The protection of a crime scene by a SAR volunteer
Guy Lapointe |
Search Management at the Sûreté du Québec
Yves Girard |
| 13:45 - 14:25 |
U.S. Civil Air Patrol
Lt. Col. Joe Abegg |
Small Craft Simulation
Tony Patterson |
Terrain Guidelines for ground search and rescue volunteers
Jeff Haack |
SAR NIF 101
Jae-Sang Park |
Software: ‘Real-time communication log’ and ‘POA grid’
Martin Proulx, Claude Frégeau |
| BREAK |
| 15:00 - 15:40 |
n/a |
Parks Canada Table Exercise Program (A community based project)
Michel Villeneuve |
AdventureSmart
Cyndie Jones |
National Sea Rescue South Africa
Ian Strachan |
Training challenges in a multi-jurisdictional environment
Nicholas de Breyne |
| 15:45 - 16:30 |
n/a |
Next Generation SAR Tracking: GPS Satellite Transmitter Field Trial, Requirements and Recommendations
Amit Nandi |
Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina
Capt. Les Jones,
Capt. Brian Ripley |
Confined Space Rescue
John Hughes |
Accident Prevention: Centre d’avalanche de la Haute-Gaspésie
Dominic Boucher |
