Title:
Effective AvSAR Skills Training (EAST)
Agreement Value:
$353,558.00
Agreement Date:
Dec 7, 2022 - Mar 31, 2025
Description:
This project seeks to create a more robust training progression in avalanche search and rescue (AvSAR) with the development of a fundamental course and revision of a more advanced course. This standardized training program will better meet the needs of professional and volunteer search and rescue (SAR) practitioners in both Official Languages by helping to build instructor capacity in regions where currently there are challenges to serve dedicated SAR teams and other avalanche practitioners in need of AvSAR training.
Organization:
Public Safety Canada
Expected Results:
Effective AvSAR Skills Training (EAST) seeks to create a more robust training progression in avalanche search and rescue (AvSAR) with the development of a fundamental course and revision of a more advanced course. This standardized training program will better meet the needs of professional and volunteer search and rescue (SAR) practitioners in official languages. The outcome of this project will be the formation of two new CAA courses (AvSar Fundamentals and AvSAR Advanced Skills), with materials in both English and French, and trained pool of instructors to deliver the courses. This training will reduce time spent on SAR callouts, the impact of AvSAR events enhances interoperability between responding agencies by fostering mutual aid and inter-jurisdictional cooperation, and increases trained personnel available to the national SAR community.
Location:
Revelstoke, British Columbia, CA V0E 2S0
Reference Number:
088-2022-2023-Q2-00006
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Additional Information:
File number: EM-9101-22743
Recipient's Operating Name:
Association canadienne des avalanches
Recipient's Legal Name:
Canadian Avalanche Association
Federal Riding Name:
Kootenay--Columbia
Federal Riding Number:
59015
Program:
(SAR NIF) Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund
Program Purpose:
SAR NIF provides annual funding for projects that will improve the National Search and Rescue Program. SAR NIF projects must address at least one of the National SAR Program Annual Priorities.