Emergency Services - Overview
Search and Rescue (SAR)
Perhaps best known for its search and rescue efforts, CAP now flies 95% of all federal inland SAR missions directed by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center at Langley AFB, Virginia. Outside of the continental United States, CAP supports the Joint Rescue Coordination Centers in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Just how effective are the CAP missions? More than 100 people are saved every year by CAP members!
Disaster Relief
Often overlooked but vitally important is the role CAP plays in disaster relief operations. CAP provides air and ground transportation, and an extensive communications network. They fly disaster relief officials to remote locations, and support local, state and national disaster relief organizations with manpower, leadership and other valuable and needed resources.
*Added March 13th
For information about how Lewis County Composite Squadron helped in the 2007-08 Winter Flood, please check out the CAP Volunteer Magazine for March/April. Hi-Res PDF / Low-Res PDF
Humanitarian Services
Closely related to disaster relief is CAP's support of humanitarian missions. Usually in support of the Red Cross, CAP air crews transport time-sensitive medical materials including blood and human tissue in situations where other means of transportation are not possible
Air Force Support
It's hardly surprising that CAP performs several missions in direct support of the U.S. Air Force. Specifically, CAP conducts damage assessment, radiological monitoring, light transport, communications support, and low-altitude route surveys.
Incident/Mission Documents
Mission Base Staff Tasks Guide
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General Emergency Services Tasks Guide
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Ground and Urban Direction Finding Task Training Materials
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Incident Command and Mission Staff Materials
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Washington Disaster News
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Washington Military
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Emergency Managment of WashingtonGo to Site
Emergency Managment of Washington Training
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FEMA EMI Training Center
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