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SARSCENE 2002 - HIGHLIGHTS
Video
Highlights
Six hundred delegates, speakers and exhibitors attended
SARSCENE 2002 from September 11-14 in Halifax.
OPENING CEREMONY
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Keith Crosland
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Bob Harvey
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Major Perry Kurzynski
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Charlie Strickland
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Jean Murray, Executive Director of the National Search and Rescue
Secretariat, welcomes delegates to the opening ceremony at SARSCENE
2002 in Halifax. |
The opening ceremony brought together a number of local
dignitaries:
- Keith Crosland, Regional Emergency Measures Organization Coordinator
- Bob Harvey, Deputy Mayor, Halifax Regional Municipality
- Major Perry Kurzynski, Officer in Charge, Joint Rescue Coordination
Centre Halifax
- The Honourable Tim Olive, Minister Responsible for the Emergency Measures
Act and Minister of Natural Resources for Nova Scotia
- Constable Tim Nicholson, RCMP "H" Division
- Geoff Regan, Member of Parliament for Halifax West
- Charlie Strickland, President of the Nova Scotia Ground Search and
Rescue Association
- Larry Wilson, Regional Director of the Canadian Coast Guard
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Tim Nicholson
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Geoff Regan
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The Honourable Tim Olive
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Larry Wilson
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Peter Howe
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This year is the 20th anniversary of the first rescue employing the Cospas-Sarsat
search and rescue satellite system. Peter Howe, NSS Director, Federal
Coordination, presented a video on the history of Cospas-Sarsat. A reception
to honour the pioneers and innovators of the Canadian component of the
system was held in Ottawa on September 5, 2002.
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