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Rescue operations,are
costly but worthwhile
A full scale search and rescue
operation mounted by the
Canadian Coast Guard can cost
up to $175,000 but if it saves
one life the money is well spent,
Capt. H. G. Bould said 'as he
.talked about search and rescue
at the monthly meeting of the
Goderich Sailing Club,
Capt. $ould, has served ,with
the coast guard since 1929..He
began search and rescue work
in 1960. Now he is chief of the
Rescue. Coordination Centre
(RCC) at Trenton, 0-nt.
RCC is a central command
for all rescue operations in this
area and acIross the_province. It
is one of four in Canada.
RCC operations began , in
1960 when Canadian Armed
Forces personnel approached
the federal government with
plans for ' a command to direct
4 all rescue operations conducted
by police, coastguard and other
armed forces,, The government
gave, .the job to the coastguard.
The rescue program includes
a written agreement with the
United States Coastguard
providing• cooperation between
the two forces during rescue
operations. Modern com-
munications, including radio,
telephone hotlines and telex
Wmachines, boats and . airplanes
make the RCC efficient and ef-
fective.
'Rescue operations are more
effective if amateur sailors take
steps outlined by Capt. Bould.
He told owners of small
boats without radios to "help
us help you". About 85 percent
of small pleasure craft in
Canada lack radios.
Boaters should tell someone
about ' extended trips before
leaving. Information should in-
clude names of people on
board, destination and the time
the boat is due back in harbor.
" Many times, people go on ex -
'tended trips and nobody knows
about" it", Capt. Bould said.
For example, a person called
the RCC saying that his
parents had not returned from
a cruise, It was Monday mor-
ning. The person .expected his
parents' to be back Friday
night.
Check weather forecasts
before departure. Weather can
change.. suddenly, often en-
dangering small boats, Capt.
Bould said.
Simple but effective equip-
ment should be aboard. ` A
flashlight, signal flares and a
distres's flag are standard.
The distress flag or rescue
cloth is bright orange. During
tests, the coastguard found that
aircraft pilots could . see one
• from 6,000 feet above a lake
surface. Rescue fliers normally
operate at 500 to 1,000 feet.
Flares should be • used
sparingly, Most pleasure craft
carry a maximum • of` Vii,
Boaters in distress are advised
to fire one. flare and keep the
rest until they can heara ship
or a plane.
Capt. Bould stressed that
these items are cheap. • No
boater can afford to be without
them.
He described operations
when an airborne rescue . unit.
spots a capsized boat. The
plane circles once, determining
wind and currents. During a
second 'circle, it drops MA -1
equipment,' three liferafts
fastened together which hold
• clothes, a radio, medical sup-
plies and food.
The equipment keeps persons
comfortable and Safe until a
rescue vessel .can reach them.
'Persons with radio equipped
craft who sail into trouble
should remember to repeat the
May Day distress signal three
times and get off the air.
Capt. Bould spoke of a signal
the RCC monitored from a man
whose, boat' lost power in Lake
Ontario. The radio signal was
also heard by a coastguard cut-
ter, a commercial ship and the
Ontario Provincial Police.
"He didn't shut up",• Capt.
"Gould said.
The distressed
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man couldn't
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understand why he couldn't get
a response over his receiver.
The RCC did its best. A cut-
ter was' dispatched to the
position the man gave over the,
radio. It was wrong. His boat
finally grounded several miles
from his reported position.
Persons should try to be as
accurate as possible when
giving positions.
One of the molt common
reasons for ' distres calls is
boats out of fuel.
"Check your fuel before
leaving", Capt. l3ould said.
Again he stressed telling
someone, a neighbour, a friend,
a club member, full details
about an extended cruise. The.
coastguard can't help if , it
doesn't know a boat is lost.
"There's no point drifting
around -when we have all this
equipment at your fingertips",
Capt. Gould said.
He said there is no 'hame for
a boater who gets lost, in a fog
for example. There is no shame
to call to the RCC.
"But it would be a shame to
lose a life, our job is to rescue
you in time of need", he said.
Tlie coastguard is not the
only force available to boaters
in need of help.
The RCC dispatches units '
from the OPP, the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police' and
the U.S. coastguard: Often
volunteers 'help too•.
Often, when a •vessel
belonging to a force other than
the coastguard brings a boat
safely to harbor; "all hell
breaks loose", Capt. Bould
said. "People say, 'Where was
the coastguard?"'
No matter who dons the job,
the coastguard has coordinated
the rescue. No money changes
hands. The job is 'done in the
'interest of safety.
County police. force
discussion is set
A proposal 'to forma Huron
County police force will be.
discussed at an -open meeting to
be- held at the Clinton fitown
hall tonight, Thursday May' 9
at iip.m.
Exeter police chief Ted Day
who is chairman of the Huron
police chiefs committee said the
Meeting will discuss proposals
of 'forming the county depart-
ment costs, the number of men
needed and the advantages and
disadvantages.
-Elected representatives of all
municipalities in Huron are in,
vited along with anyone in-
terested in county policing.
In attendance will b.e On-
�tario's Police Commissioner
Elmer Bell, QC; .Itis Honour,
Judge Graham, Ron Durand
and Walter John"son'of the one
Ontario Police commission.
The proposal put forth by the
police chilommittee calls for
a force composed of a chief, and'
four inspectors who would be
responsible for policing five
divisions set up through the
county.
Huron.. County is now
patrolled by ; local forces in
Exeter; Goderich, Wingham,
Clinton and Seaforth and by
the Ontario Provincial Police in
the rural. areas.
The Ontario Task Force ocl. .,,,U
Policing recommended in
February that police forces in
towns with populations of less
than 15,000 should, '*be
amalgamated with the OPP
be restructured as, part of
county or regional police f
Chief Day staid his com
has been .drafting its p
since the''ask force rep
out and wants to est
county force " befo
late and legislatio
telling rls what t
It advocates
instead. of amalgamation
because' as Day said, "we could
do it more reasonably finan-
cially and patrolmen would
continued to live and work . in
the same towns. -
Under' OPP jurisdiction he
said, patrolmen would be more
liable for transfer. Under .the
proposed county force about 30
men .would be added to take
care of township policing com-,
pared with the present force of
132 wbo operate .only.in the five
municipalities.
irnder the propol the five
municipal chiefs would
relinquish their present posts.
Four of them would become
superintendents of divisions
and the fifth would head the
entire force and be responsible
for its administration.
Chief ,Day stressed that the
OPP would continue 'to- be
called in for special in-
vestigations.
Initial sala
lower unde
because th
first class
is about
an OP
Wi
who
a
or
a
mittee
ort came
blish the
re it's too
comes out
o
county .force
ry costs would-be
r the county -.force
efaverage wages of a,, -
officer in a local -town
$1,200 less th`arl that of
P. officer.
lliam Harris of Wingham
is co-chairman of . the
urofl County ad-hoc commit-
ee on policing said his group
would likely recommend to `'
-county council that Clinton be
headquarters for the new force.
He said conversations with
reeves in the five county towns
indicated preferences for the
county force.
Harris said a whole, new
communications system will be
' set up at the May'9 meeting.
The five municipal - fcu•r`"c�esP:�"
already operate on the
same frequency.
Chief .at work
Goderich Police Chief Pat King works
geared puzzles which ;are containe
workbook which has been designe
czak seen here looking over th
stable Jarczak, the town's sa
booklet himself as a substit
coloring bocce provided of
children learn best from do
ticularly planned with safe
out one of the safety -
d in this year's safety
d by Constable Tom Jar -
e • .hief's shoulder. Con-
fety officer, prepared the
ute f r the regular safety
her years. J -Ie believes that
ing meaningful exercites par- '
ty in mind. (staff photo)
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