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Wednesday, November 5, 1980

THE REVIEW

Search and rescue on the west coast

By CAROL BERGER
(Staff Writer)

‘*What level of service do. we
really want?’* asks Canadian coast
guard spokesman Stephen Rybak.

**Certainly we can do more with
more money but it’s a decision made

back in Ottawa based on national

priorities.

‘And if you have any complaints
about funding there's only one place
you can take those complaints — the
political level.

People like Horst Klein, ‘of Pen-
der Island, are taking up that chal-
lenge and not everyone may agree

with the methods being used.

Kicin has been an outspoken critic

of the west coast’s search and rescue
“service for the past two years. He is,
admittedly, bitter. For four years,

’ Klein with his wife, Joyce, and

daughter, Sandra, was an active res-

* cue agent and involved in more than

400 rescue incidents.

In 1979 he withdrew from search
and rescue work, frustrated by what
he saw as inefficiency.

‘‘We just couldn't keep. on the

way we were going. Financially .
yes,”

he says, ‘‘but what’s the sense
of doing it when you-don’t get the
backing?” -

He has spearheaded what has be-
ecome an open criticism of funding

-and equipment. provided -for.‘the 7

coastguard’ which’ watches over
29,000. kilometres of coastline. His
energies are now devoted to

~ reaching, the public — through the:

media, service. groups and. anyone.
_ who will-listen: =:

_And the coast guard is, not. sur-
prisingly,. defensive.

job possible:

‘In September, : the: Coast Guard».

123 vessel arrived in Ganges.’ The

“three+ -man- crews: ona "24: hour
= watch. :
> Within the next week a 2I- -meter

~~ A parade leaving Sid--
»ney Town Hall at.10:30
‘a.m. precedes the Nov.
. Li Remembrance. Ser--

~ 10:50 a.m, followed by
the Last Post and laying
“of wre ths,
Veterans, ‘sea, niowl
‘officers and scouts,
guides, cubs and brow-
_hies will march: in. the
* parade. Wreaths will be

- Sidney,

Lee. 10378 Resin
Drive, i,
~A canon will be fired
by‘sea cadets) Last Post
played by -air cadets.
Sea cadets, will also post:
ind lower the:
flags, Scouts will, host»
-all-young people taking”
~ partat the conclusion of

them, -

the ceremony, whieh:

WIL beocondueted: by.
| Rev, Will Dobson, of
~ Brentwood Memorial,
Chapel :
Sidney. Serenaders
will perform as. choir,»
“Pipe Major: Bark will) oo,
“play the Lament and the:
Salute will be taken. by
Bart’ Grant oand> Jack
Pes son,

Federal, provineial

. and municipal povern-

“ment representatives ine.

elude. Tory MP Don

Munray Finance Minis-
ster and’ MLA’ for:

Saanich and the Islands
Saanich’ Mayor Erie

Island Saw |
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PHONG MB-6600

It. recognizes *-
“that current equipment is inadequate «©

_ but still maintain its doing _ best iyo perform well.

Hugh Curtis. North . ©
Sherwood;
Mayor. Norma: Sealey,’
Central Saanich Mayor |,
“Dave. Hill and Saanich -
Ald. Mary. Casilio. « ,
Veterans attending of
are asked to wear. ser-.
~ vice medals, says J.L.
Martin, honorary sec-
retary of the
Memorial Committee of

Members of St. “John a
will bein: attendance,

Chairs will-be available -
for those who Need

. Tuesday, »

Horst Klein
“ces » frustrated

search and rescue vessel builton the: ~
- east: coast is.expected ‘to arrive. in= ”
. Vancouver. Still-unnamed. the: ves-" ©
~ sel will go to Prince. Rupert. to look
after: increasing rescue demands.
~ With a cruising range of 350 kilo+
-metres and speed-up to 25-knots, ©

officials are confident the vessel will ae

As well,
months.

‘within: the next ‘two
a. federal department. of

Al that time, the current vesse

Sidney’.

War,

i : ies
i i

Cry

~ Capital Region 7 Transit system

BUS SERVICE
_ REMEMBRANCE DAY

Metro Trans it buses. will aa
‘operate throughout the ~
Capital Region (all urban:
“and suburban routes) on:
‘Remembrance Day as ©
fOUa Ya ,

Monday, ©
November. 11, 1980.
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Campbell River will. be moved to
Powell River. .
With these examples, Ryback

says service is improving but will:

‘tuke time to become recognized.
Federal authorities are currently de-
bating a proposal to allocate $2.9
million in this year’s fiscal budget to
an offshore search and rescue vessel
to handle rough seas in Hecate
Strait. Queen Charlotte Islands and

Vancouver Island,

- Based on east coast vessels, the
proposal would provide an 80-meter
vessel similar to offshore drilling rig

~ supply craft: Ryback gave the sum-

mer of 1981 as.a possible delivery
time.

“Certainly our vessels have not

been keeping pace with our increas-
ing demands,"*

a yearly increase of between 18 and

- 20 per cent in rescue incidents since

1975.

Ryback also commented on the

percentage of calls made to Victoria
Rescue Co-ordination Centre. that
could be prevented. For the past six
years, 60 per cent of marine assist-
ance calls were from pleasure craft,

23 per cent from fishing vessels, 7.
per cent from other. vessels,: 2: per:

cent were aircraft and incidents such

as drownings and bridge jumpers |
“making up the remaining ‘ercen:

tage.

Among these 4,272 marine calls: 7
76 lives: were lost. ‘Horst Klein. Suge”
gests those figures are. too-high and:
that. another system of search : cand
rescue could prove more successful. -

“While search. and rescuers. now
face a maze of provincial and federal.
“government levels, Klein looks‘to.a
~ life-boat’ instituation. similar to that
_-used in Britain. and Europe.
The. institute situates rescue craft”

_-at intervals along the coastline to be
‘supply. and.service contract will be.

“13- meter craft is manned by. twoand..: °Jet-for'a similar: ship:to be posted at) °°

oe Campbell River: By late 1981: the’ a
“vessel should: 20. into service. s

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Ryback says, noting .

eee 5. Coming! —

OFF ON E LEC rRICAL, PARTS
‘ST ARTERS, ALTERNATORS, GENERAT ORS :

“Urban Transit Authority

bitter’

coastal waters and is known as one
of the best rescue services in the
world. Through tag days. yearly
subscription fees and fund-raising

events the yearly operating cost of

more than $6 million pounds is ac-
quired.

But observers question whether
Canadians could duplicate the .en-
thusiasm of the Europeans who have

. lived with the institute as a family
tradition for generations.

Klein's current campaign also in-

‘cludes demands for an independant

inquiry into what he calls an “octo-
pus of insanity”’. os

Depending on “the inquiry’s’ -re-
sults, Klein would like to see all
search .and rescue resources under
one ministry and training programs
developed specifically for rescue
personnel.

The coast guard is defensive ab-
out blanket criticism. A case in point
is criticism that the United States
Coast Guard. does Canadian work.

**People remain blissfully ignor-

“ant. when they say that,” Ryback ~

says.

Coast. Guard came into Canadian

waters only 39 times while Canadian -

hovercraft: handled more’ than: 250

"rescues in American waters. |

Nanaimo Emergency Program

co-ordinator Ian Heatherington dis-. .
“agrees with Klein’s attack: “of coast -

guard personnel. Heatherington

“says he has always found personnel «
».. dedicated and co-operative. But he.
too suggests changes are ‘required

for..better operation” of search. and:

rescue.
‘Heatherington: was involved in

‘ 185 calls already this year while tot-
~ cal calls for 1979 were 191.With nine.
marine. rescue. volunteers, Heath-

s-cerington ‘is responsible for. a 45:
manned by: volunteers i in n response to

distress calls.:

-kilometre-area ro m Yellowpoint to
. Nanoose. a ;

In fact, in 1979, the United States .

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