MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

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MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

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CANADIAN SEARCH AND RESCUE

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Maritime SAR in Canada

• SAR is a federal responsibility
• The Department of National Defence has the role
  of lead agency for coordinating SAR related
  activities in Canada
• Coordinated by a Joint Rescue Co-ordination
  Centre (JRCC) or a Maritime Rescue Sub Centre
  (MRSC)
• A joint operation by Canadian Forces and Canadian
  Coast Guard

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Maritime SAR in Canada

• A major operation will involve many authorities
  and organizations outside the SAR system

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Canadian SAR Regions
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Canadian SAR Regions
The Canadian Search and Rescue Area is
considerable. Compare it to the size of Europe
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Unified Command Structure in Canada
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What Has Canada Done To Prepare

• A SAR structure which meets international
  commitments
• A well integrated system of regular and volunteer
  response units
• Well trained response units, military and civil

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What Has Canada Done To Prepare (Continued)

• Canadian Forces /Canadian Coastguard Project Team
  updated Major Marine Disaster Plans
• A review of the Command and Control framework
• Regular exercises

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International Air and Marine Search And Rescue
(IAMSAR) Manual

• There has been International agreement on Search
  and Rescue services, dividing the world into
  national areas of responsibility, and covering
  organisation, distress channels for aviation and
  marine, distress signals, etc.

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International Air and Marine Search And Rescue
(IAMSAR) Manual

• The current IAMSAR Manual was introduced in 1998,
  and has three volumes
• 1. Organization and Management
• 2. Mission Co-ordination
• 3. Mobile facilities

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Canadian Coast Guard Search and Rescue Program
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Canadian Coast Guard Mission

• Save 100 lives at risk
• Reduce the number and severity of SAR incidents
• Minimize loss of life, injury, property damage
  and risk to the environment
• Support and involve the RCM-SAR

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Canadian Coast Guard Mission

• Maintain the highest professional standards
• Provide national leadership and effective SAR
  Program management
• Provide international SAR leadership
• Maximize SAR system efficiency through innovation
• Promote volunteerism

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Canadian Coast Guard Mission

• Increase awareness of the SAR Program
• Assist in the development of the National SAR
  Program
• Foster cooperative SAR agreements
• Provide humanitarian aid and civil assistance
  where possible

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BRITISH COLUMBIA
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JRCC Victoria

• Search and Rescue on the West Coast of Canada is
  coordinated out of the Joint Rescue Coordination
  Centre in Victoria.
• It is based at the Canadian Forces Base at
  Esquimalt.
• It is responsible for air and maritime rescue
  throughout the area.

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JRCC Victoria

• In the event of an alert at JRCC Victoria, the
  operation will be passed to air controllers for
  an aeronautical incident, or a marine controller
  for a maritime incident.

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JRCC Victoria

• This alarm may be raised by many methods
  including
• EPIRB or EPIB signal
• Telephone call from the authorities or public
  sighting an incident or distress signal
• Calls from another vessel

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JRCC Victoria

• The JRCC will alert rescue resources
• Helicopters and fixed wing SAR aircraft
• Coast Guard and RCM-SAR vessels including
  hovercraft
• Merchant vessels nearby

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JRCC Victoria

• Rescue resources (Continued)
• Warships
• Pleasure Craft
• Fishing Vessels
• The SAR command and control structure

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JRCC Alert List

• The Ship Owner (shipping company)
• Local Authority (EMO)
• RCMP and Police
• Harbour Master
• Fire Departments
• Ambulance Departments

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JRCC Alert List

• Hospitals
• Provincial Emergency Plan
• Transport Canada
• Environment Canada
• Provincial ministries

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Primary Rescue Resources

• Canadian Coast Guard Stations are situated at
• Victoria
• Prince Rupert
• Sidney
• Nanaimo
• Sea Island
• Kitsilano
• Powell River

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Primary Rescue Resources

• Saltspring Island (Ganges)
• Tofino
• Bamfield
• Port Hardy
• Bella Bella
• Sandspit
• Campbell River
• Cortes Is - (seasonal)

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RCM-SAR Units in British Columbia
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BEWARE

• Some of these authorities and organizations may
  have different command and control systems
• Emergency Site Management (ESM)
• Incident Command System (ICS)
• System in Canadian Unified Command Centres is a
  mix of IAMSAR and ICS

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And did you remember

• The media
• Salvage/recovery of the ship(s)
• The media
• Pollution
• The media
• Record keeping and the subsequent enquiry

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Media Handling

• Interest in a major incident will be intense
• No comment will not be adequate
• A co-ordinated media strategy is vital
• Be prepared to provide information and facilities
  to assist the news media to do its job
• Be prepared to provide operational talking
  heads for news conferences and interviews

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MAJOR MARINE DISASTER
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What is a Major Marine Disaster

• Involves large numbers of people
• In a marine environment that may be outside the
  jurisdiction of shore authorities
• May involve more than one vessel
• Probably involves removing large numbers of
  persons from a ship to a place of safety.

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International Correspondence Group on Large
Passenger Vessel Safety

• Radio communications and SAR have a part to play
  in any incident before a ship is actually
  evacuated even before the decision to evacuate
  is made. Ideally, communications with the RCC
  and other SAR facilities will have been initiated
  well before. And SAR should not be considered
  only as a matter of finding and recovering people
  in distress.

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International Correspondence Group on Large
Passenger Vessel Safety

• SAR service assistance can be provided to the
  ship before it is evacuated, preferably to
  prevent evacuation becoming necessary
  firefighting or medical teams may be transferred
  aboard, emergency towing assistance supplied, etc.

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International Correspondence Group on Large
Passenger Vessel Safety

• The response to any incident extends beyond the
  safe delivery of survivors to the shore. The
  maritime SAR services are (or should be) closely
  involved with their shore-side counterparts in
  arranging efficient transfer of the survivors
  into shore-side care. In the case of a large
  passenger ship evacuation this will be a very
  complicated process, with the need for extensive
  communication at the .

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International Correspondence Group on Large
Passenger Vessel Safety

• . contingency planning stage as well as during
  any incident.

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Command Considerations

• Additional air resources
• Where will survivors be landed
• Where will injured persons be landed and will it
  be by air or sea
• Are the facilities in these locations adequate
• If additional resources are required at these
  locations how will they get there and how quickly

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What needs to be remembered

• Keep the Major Marine Disaster Plan up to date-
  review it regularly
• Exercise realistically but in a controlled
  manner- remember to include external agencies in
  exercises
• Continue exercises beyond the shoreline
• Speak to stakeholders shipping interests
• Every major incident will be different be
  prepared to improvise around the basic plan

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PLANNING AND TRAINING
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• Youve carefully thought out all the angles
• Youve done it all a thousand times before
• It comes so naturally to you
• You know what youre doing, its what youve been
  trained to do your whole life
• Nothing could possibly go wrong, right?

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SEARCH AND RESCUE AROUND VANCOUVER
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Canadian Coast Guard

• The Canadian Coastguard is represented in the
  Vancouver area by
• MCTS Vancouver
• Marine resources at Kitsilano Base
• Hovercrafts at Vancouver Airport

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MARINE COMMUNICATIONS ANDTRAFFIC SERVICES
VANCOUVER
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North Window View
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MCTS Mission Statement

• To provide communications and traffic services
  for the marine community and for the benefit of
  the public at large to ensure
• Safety of life at sea in response to
  international agreements
• Protection of the environment through traffic
  management
• Efficient movement of shipping
• Information for business and the national
  interest

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MCTS Program Statement

• Within the Coast Guard, MCTS programs provide
• the initial response to ships in a distress
  situation
• a reduction in the probability of ships being
  involved in collisions, groundings, and
  strikings
• a cornerstone in the marine information
  collection and dissemination infrastructure.

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MCTS Mandated Services

• Distress - Safety - Communications Coordination
• Vessel Screening to prevent the entry of unsafe
  vessels into Canadian waters
• Regulating Vessel Traffic Movements for marine
  risk reduction
• Managing an Integrated Marine Information System
  in support of economic benefits and national
  interests.

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MCTS in British Columbia
The Pacific Region, Canada Coast Guard (CCG)
operates three Vessel Traffic Services Zones
Vancouver Tofino and, Prince Rupert.
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MCTS in British Columbia
The Vancouver Zone is comprised of 4
sectors Sector 1 Victoria MCTS Centre (SOG /
JDF) Sector 2 Victoria MCTS Centre (S.
ARM) Sector 3 Vancouver MCTS Centre Sector 4
Comox MCTS Centre
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Vancouver MCTS Area of Responsibility
From Iona Sewer Jetty westward (15A) until it
intersects with line running south from Cape
Roger Curtis (15B) From Cape Roger Curtis
westward to Gower Point (15C) All waters in Howe
Sound, English Bay, Burrard Inlet and Indian Arm,
including Port Moody and False Creek.
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Vancouver MCTS Operations

• Located on the 23 floor of 555 West Hastings
  Street, it is comprised of 4 distinct operations
  consoles
• Vancouver Vessel Traffic
• Safety (Coast Guard Radio)
• Watch Supervisor and,
• Regional Marine Information Console (RMIC)

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Watts Point VHF
Bowen Is Radar
MCTS Vancouver
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Traffic Console (view to Second Narrows)
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Traffic Console
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Vancouver Coast Guard Radio

• Vancouver Coast Guard radio operates out of MCTS
  Vancouver

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Safety Console Vancouver Coastguard Radio
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Communications Control System

• Harbour Centre VHF
• Ch. 04A,16, 22A, 26, 83A
• Watts Point VHF
• Ch. 16, 26, 83A
• These VHF channels are all recorded and tapes
  kept.
• In addition, any of these channels can be set to
  repeat in JRCC Victoria (1709)

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Communications Control System
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Supervisors Console
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Vancouver Port Authority and Vancouver MCTS
(Memorandum of Understanding)

• The purpose of the MOU is to ensure a strong
  operational interface and an enhanced and
  efficient level of safety in the Port.
• Second Narrows Movement Restriction Area
• First Narrows Regulations
• Marine Emergencies
• Anchorages
• Tankers
• Engine Immobilization Requests

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Vancouver Approach Winter
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Inner Harbour (Winter)
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Berry Pt. Radar (Winter)
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Vancouver Approach Summer
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Foggy Sunrise
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Winter Sunrise
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CANADIAN COASTGUARD KITSILANO BASE
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CCG Kitsilano Base

• Situated at the south east corner of Vanier Park,
  by the Burrard Street Bridge. It is manned 24
  hours a day, and have two craft

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CCG Kitsilano Base

• CCGC Osprey
• Built 1985
• Displacement 15.7t
• Length 12.4m
• Draft 1.3m

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CCG Kitsilano Base
CCG Kitsilano 1- a 733 RHIB with twin 150hp
outboards
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CCG Hovercraft

• There are two hovercraft based at Vancouver
  Airport
• Penac
• Siyay

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CCG Hovercraft
Penac
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CCG Hovercraft
Siyay
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ROYAL CANADIAN MARINESEARCH RESCUE
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RCM-SAR

• Southern Area
• Station 1 - Howe Sound
• Station 2 - Indian Arm
• Station 4 - Squamish
• Station 5 - Crescent Beach
• Station 8 - Delta

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RCM-SAR

• Station 10 - Richmond
• Station 12 - Halfmoon Bay
• Station 14 - Gibsons
• Station 61 - Pender Harbour

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RCM-SAR

• Northern Area
• Station 45 - Massett
• Station 62 - Klemtu
• Station 63 - Kitimat
• Station 64 - Prince Rupert
• Station 65 - Port Simpson
• Station 66 - Queen Charlotte

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RCM-SAR

• Station 67 - Stewart
• Station 68 - Ocean Falls
• Station 69 - Sandspit
• Station 74 - Kitkatla
• Station 75 - Kincolith

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RCM-SAR

• Central Area
• Station 20 - Salish Sea
• Station 25 - Gulf Islands
• Station 27 - Nanaimo
• Station 29 - Ladysmith
• Station 33 - Oak Bay
• Station 34 - Mill Bay

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RCM-SAR

• Station 35 - Victoria
• Station 36 - Saanich
• Station 37 - Sooke
• Station 38 - Long Beach
• Station 39 - Port Alberni
• Station 42 - Kyoquot
• Station 43 - Port Alice

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RCM-SAR

• Station 50 - Port McNeill
• Station 51 - Alert Bay
• Station 52 - Port Hardy
• Station 53 - Bamfield
• Station 54 - Campbell River
• Station 55 - Powell River
• Station 58 - French Creek

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RCM-SAR

• Station 59 - Deep Bay
• Station 60 - Comox