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ELT Practice Frequency Change – National

JANUARY 17 2018 CASARA National has been advised by DND to change the ELT practice homing frequency to 121.775. There are already some provinces using this frequency, however it has recently been approved by the Government of Canada Technology Branch (replacement for [...]

ELT Practice Frequency Change – National2018-01-24T14:14:51-07:00

Holiday Hours

  Sharing a post from our colleagues at BCSARA We have similar hours & pricing!

Holiday Hours2021-12-01T17:13:04-07:00

CASARA Smart Pilot – Government Funding

WINNIPEG, Dec. 21, 2017 /CNW/ - Today, Terry Duguid, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South, on behalf of the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, announced $635,928 in federal funding to the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA) SmartPilot Seminar [...]

CASARA Smart Pilot – Government Funding2021-12-01T17:13:04-07:00

International Volunteer Day, Dec 5th

A thank you from the Royal Canadian Air Force: On this International Volunteer Day, we'd like to give a shout to the more than 2,800 Civil Air Search and Rescue (CASARA) volunteers from across Canada that give their time to [...]

International Volunteer Day, Dec 5th2017-12-05T17:52:51-07:00

Missing Aircraft

Monday Nov 27. PEP Air crews are on standby hoping for weather to improve so they can continue search. Spotters from Kelowna and Cranbrook will be aboard military aircraft today. https://youtu.be/Cb-pnx6Rmmc UPDATE: 6:15 a.m. The search for a small plane [...]

Missing Aircraft2021-12-01T17:13:05-07:00

November

Saturday Nov 4th; Jim, Wolf & Edie responded to  JRCC task request to investigate an ELT beacon that had been activated. Quick detection work indicated that the signal was not coming from CYCD, as initially thought, but from the Quesnel [...]

November2021-12-01T17:13:05-07:00

JRCC Task October 28th

CASARA/PEP Air Nanaimo was tasked for a third time this month by the JRCC, on Saturday Oct 28th.   This time to assist Ground SAR (Ladysmith) in their multi-day/multi agency search for a missing mushroom picker.  In all 26 SAR [...]

JRCC Task October 28th2021-12-01T17:13:05-07:00

October … Updated

CASARA/PEP Air Nanaimo was tasked for a third time this month by the JRCC, on Saturday Oct 28th.   This time to assist Ground SAR (Ladysmith) in their multi-day/multi agency search for a missing mushroom picker.  In all 26 SAR [...]

October … Updated2021-12-01T17:13:05-07:00

What do Spotters spot!

Spotters are the "eyes in the sky" for Air SAR.  It's as simple as that!  Without them however we would not even be in the sky. So exactly what do they spot? PEP Air Kamloops recently shared this image (see [...]

What do Spotters spot!2021-12-01T17:13:05-07:00
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