Emergency Services

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Civil Air Patrol - Emergency ServicesAn
Introduction

• Civil Air Patrol covers several ES areas
• Search And Rescue
• Disaster Relief
• Humanitarian Services
• Homeland Security

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Search And Rescue

• AFRCC Air Force Rescue Coordination Center
• Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida
• Ties in directly to the FAA alerting system and
  US Mission Control Center
• When a distress call is received, the center
  investigates the request, then coordinates. Once
  verified as an actual distress situation, the
  AFRCC requests support from the Civil Air Patrol.

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Search And Rescue

• Outside of the US, Civil Air Patrol directly
  supports the Joint Rescue Coordination Centers in
  Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.
• Civil Air Patrol is credited with saving an
  average of 100 lives per year.

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Disaster Relief

• Air and ground personnel provide transportation
  for cargo and officials
• Provide aerial imagery to aid emergency managers
  in assessing damage

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Humanitarian Services

• Usually in support of the Red Cross
• Civil Air Patrol aircrews transport
  time-sensitive medical materials, including blood
  and human tissue.
• Following 9/11, one of the first airplanes to fly
  over the destroyed World Trade Center was a Civil
  Air Patrol aircraft taking photos.

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Humanitarian Services

• Civil Air Patrol performs several missions that
  are not combat-related in support of the US Air
  Force, including damage assessment,
  transportation of officials, communications
  support and low-altitude route surveys.

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Homeland Security

• As a humanitarian service organization, CAP
  assists federal, state and local agencies in
  preparing for and responding to homeland security
  needs. In particular, the CAP fleet is used in
  training exercises to prepare USAF pilots to
  intercept enemy aircraft over the Continental
  United States. Civil Air Patrol aircraft are
  flown into restricted airspace, where Air Force
  F-16 Fighting Falcon and F-15 Eagle pilots may
  practice high-speed intercepts.

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