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NATIONAL SEARCH AND RESCUE SECRETARIAT
2001 CERTIFICATES OF ACHIEVEMENT

Every Fall the National Search and Rescue Secretariat's (NSS) awards program recognizes outstanding contributions to search and rescue (SAR) in Canada. In addition to presenting the 2001 Outstanding SAR Achievement Award to Jeff Eggleton, Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary and Canadian Power and Sail Squadron, the following recipients were awarded the 2001 Certificates of Achievement for Search and Rescue.

THIS YEAR'S RECIPIENTS

L-R: William Reid, Russell Craig Dunn, Jeff Eggleton, the Honourable Art Eggleton, Sandy Guse, Guy Kerr. David Taylor was unable to attend.

Russell Craig Dunn, Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary (Pacific), Victoria, BC
Craig has been involved in marine search and rescue for 16 years. A volunteer with the Coast Guard Auxiliary since 1986, he is an ambassador for SAR. He has built relations between the Pacific Auxiliary and organizations such as the Canadian Coast Guard, Department of National Defence, United States Coast Guard and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary.

Sandy Guse, Lakehead Search and Rescue, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Sandy is the commander of the Lakehead Search and Rescue unit in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He is a qualified Ontario Search and Rescue Volunteer Association (OSARVA) teacher and is an initiator in providing SAR training to both the public and unit members.

Guy Kerr, British Columbia Provincial Emergency Program, Victoria, BC
Guy has 11 years of experience in SAR. Before moving to the British Columbia Provincial Emergency Program, he was a board member of SAR Alberta, President of Foothills Search and Rescue Society, member of CASARA Calgary, and was a Search and Rescue Coordinator of Calgary Police Service.

William D. (Bill) Reid, Yukon Civil Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA), Whitehorse, Yukon
After 33 years in Emergency Services, Bill formed the Yukon CASARA. He was voted in as Director and National Board member and has held these positions for 16 years. Every aircraft that has been search for in the Yukon in the past 16 years has been found. An advocate of safety programs, no CASARA member has ever been injured during SAR operations in his jurisdiction.

David Taylor, Department of Resources, Government of Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
An active member of CASARA-Yellowknife since 1991, David has been instrumental in helping to develop the Northwest Territories CASARA as a search and rescue organization. Now the Zone Commander for his chapter, David has a hand in practically all search and rescue activities in the Northwest Territories.