Presentations
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THURSDAY, October 6

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Opening Ceremony
Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, PEI

10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Plenary Session: “Satellite technology and its role in SAR”

By 2005, over 17,000 lives were saved by distress signals relayed to the international COSPAS-SARSAT system. This vital component of search and rescue is undergoing changes that will affect both SAR providers and SAR users. A panel of experts will look at:
-   Upcoming changes in distress alerting
-   Misuse of beacons and false alerts
-   What happens when a signal is detected
-   How the Canadian Beacon Registry is a lifeline to SAR
-   Emerging satellite technology and its impact on SAR

We will also take this occasion to welcome the International COSPAS-SARSAT Secretariat to Canada.

Moderator:
Jean Murray, National Search and Rescue Secretariat.
Speakers:
• Edward Hitchcock, National Search and Rescue Secretariat
• Jim King, Communications Research Centre Canada
• Daniel Levesque, International COSPAS-SARSAT Secretariat
• Major Graham Newbold, National Search and Rescue Secretariat
• Howard Posluns, Transport Canada, Transportation Development Centre
• LTjg Jeffrey Shoup, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

This session was sponsored by 

(Presentations are 40 minutes each unless otherwise noted.)

Presentations are provided by the presenter and may not be in both official languages.

13:00 - 13:45
• Sgt. Mike Frizzell, RCMP;  Cpt. René Marchand, Sûreté du Quebec: Const. Stephen Fone, York Regional Police and Sgt. Don Webster, OPP – Police working with volunteers (90 minutes)
• Mary Thomas, NSS – Taking NIF to the Next Level (This session will be repeated on Friday and Saturday)
•Kevin Monahan, Transport Canada - Preventing Fishing Vessel Tragedies (.ppt)

13:45 - 14:30
• Sgt. Mike Frizzell, RCMP;  Cpt. René Marchand, Sûreté du Quebec: Const. Stephen Fone, York Regional Police and Sgt. Don Webster, OPP – Police working with volunteers (90 minutes)
• Ian Tomm, Canadian Avalanche Association - Avalanche Awareness and Search and Rescue Online Course

15:00 - 15:40
• Peter Garapick, Office of Boating Safety – Old Boat Syndrome
• Greg Craig, National Research Council - "ASK Project"
• Brian Vietch, Memorial University of Newfoundland – Training Simulators for Escape, Evacuation and Rescue
• Peter Lewis, Environment Canada - Maximising the Value of Weather Forecasts and Information for SAR Operations
• Dave Walker, Hamilton Police Search and Rescue Unit - SAR K-9 : Selection, Training, and Deployment (90 min.)

15:45 - 16:30
• Maj. John Van Oosten, Sgt. Tony Isaacs, JRCC Halifax - Canadian Forces  Experiences in National Search and Rescue
• Doreen Broadbent, Project Lifesaver and Sgt. Rick Derus, OPP - Project Lifesaver
• Dr. Ron Pelot, Dalhousie University – Cruise ship risk analysis
• Ted Rankine, Canadian Safe Boating Council and Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht, University of Manitoba - You're as Cold as Ice : Hot Facts About Cold Water
• Dave Walker, Hamilton Police Search and Rescue Unit - SAR K-9 : Selection, Training, and Deployment (90 min.)

FRIDAY, October 7

8:30 - 9:15
• Jim McAllister , B.C. Provincial Emergency Program– Management of Large SAR Incidents
• Bob Robichaud and Dale Foote, Environment Canada - Meteorology and SAR
• Jack Frost - Marine Search Planning Software
•Terry Burtch, Transportation Safety Board - What happened? How Transportation Safety Board findings apply to SAR (.ppt)

9:15 - 10:00
• Mary Thomas, NSS – Taking NIF to the Next Level (This session will be repeated on Saturday.)
• David Jennings, Canadian Coast Guard – The Media and Frontline SAR
•Bill Fowler, Transportation Safety Board - Supporting the TSB as First Responders
•Alan Thomas, Board Member, OVERT - Training to Decrease Liability (.ppt)

10:30 - 11:10
• Harry Blackmore, SARVAC and Vaughn Bennett, NLSARA – GSAR Training Standards in Newfoundland and Labrador: Year Two (90 minutes)
• Cheng-Tsung Lu et Dr. Wen-Miin Tian, SAR Taiwan - Share Taiwan’s SAR Experience and Review in Thailand’s Tsunami (90 minutes)
• Sergent Denis Grenier, Sûreté du Québec - Working with a Dog in Dangerous SAR Missions (in French with English interpretation)
• Bob Smith, SAR Saskatchewan Association of Volunteers - New SAR Training Video (90 minutes)

11:15 - 12:00
• Harry Blackmore, SARVAC and Vaughn Bennett, NLSARA – GSAR Training Standards in Newfoundland and Labrador: Year Two (90 minutes)
• Cheng-Tsung Lu and Dr. Wen-Miin Tian, SAR Taiwan - Share Taiwan’s SAR Experience and Review in Thailand’s Tsunami (90 minutes)
• Geoff Boisseau, Toronto Emergency Medical Services; Bill Neadles, Toronto Fire Services and Alan Wingfield, Toronto Fire Services - HUSAR
• Bob Smith, SAR Saskatchewan Association of Volunteers - New SAR Training Video (90 minutes)

13:00 - 13:40
• Don Blakely, Vernon SAR, B.C. – Role of GSAR Units in Civil Disasters: A Case Study of B.C.'s Forest Fires
• Lt Col Benjamin Wash, USAF -  Air Force Rescue Co-ordination Center Operations : Looking to the Future
• Agt. Robert Vigeant and Cpt. René Marchand, Sûreté du Québec - SAR in Quebec (.ppt)
• Peter Bradley, Royal National Lifeboat Institution – Helping to Take the "Search" Out of Search and Rescue

13:45 - 14:25
• Pascal Haegeli and Susan Hairsine, Canadian Avalanche Association – The Avalanche Decision Framework for Amateur Recreationists (ADFAR) Project
•Kevin Rowe, EMO Northwest Territories - NWT Ground SAR Training Standards (.ppt)
• Alexander Hewitt-Jones, British Virgin Islands - The Unique Challenges of SAR in the Virgin Islands
• Sgt. Everett Densmore, RCMP – Incident Command System for Managers

15:00 - 15:40
• Dr. Don Cooper, NASAR and Jack Frost, U.S. Coast Guard – Report on Detection Experiments for Ground SAR (90 minutes) (.ppt)
• Gord Irwin, Parks Canada and Sgt. Randy Mercer, RCMP - Case study of a Major SAR Incident
• LTjg Jeffrey Shoup, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S.A. – Looking to the future of the COSPAS-SARSAT system
• Carol Namur, Sauvetage Canada Rescue - Using your Canine Log to Learn

15:45 - 16:25
• Dr. Don Cooper, NASAR and Jack Frost, U.S. Coast Guard – Report on Detection Experiments for Ground SAR (90 minutes)
• Squadron Leader Nick Barr, Airforce Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Kinloss, Scotland and Squadron leader Barry Neilsen, RAF, Cornwall - The Future of the UK's SAR Framework
• Guy Kerr, SAR Specialist - Raising the STANDARD for STANDARD changing in the NON STANDARD SAR Environment
• Sgt. Everett Densmore, RCMP - Incident Command System for Managers

SATURDAY, October 8

8:30 - 9:10
• Agt. Alain Croteau, Sûreté du Québec - Mapping Software in SAR Operations
• Mary Thomas, NSS – Taking NIF to the Next Level
• Sandra Inglis, Office of Boating Safety – Boom, up she went: Hidden Dangers on a Boat

9:15 - 10:00
• S/Sgt Dennis Erickson, RCMP - Impact of the Canada Labour Code on SAR Volunteers 
• Robert Koester, U.S.A. – Lost Person Behaviour Profiles Update
• Tony Patterson, Centre for Marine Simulation - Using Emergency Radios Under Severe Motion Conditions

10:30 - 11:10
• Insp. Marc Parent, RCMP/Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada – Radio Communications Interoperability
• Peter Lewis, Environment Canada –  Impact of Hurricanes over the Canadian East Coast
• Larry Renkas, RCMP and Doug Popowich, Office of the Fire Commissioner - Ground SAR in Manitoba
• Ron Pelot, Dalhousie University - Commercial Fishing Vessel Risk Analysis for SAR Resource Planning

11:15 - 12:00
• Judy McCann-Beranger, Alzheimer Society of PEI - Partnerships and Win/Win Solutions: The Alzheimer Society Safely Home^TM Program
• Colin Powell, University of Wales Institute Cardiff - Adventure activities and risk: The Influence of the Perception of Risk on the Risk-Taking Behaviour
• Jim McAllister, BC PEP - Adventure Smart
• Michael Murray, Memorial University of Newfoundland - SafeCatch

Presentations and speakers from SARSCENE 2004

Plan to attend ISAR 2005 in Halifax, Sept. 30 to Oct. 1, en route to SARSCENE.

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