Emergency Services
The primary mission objective of CAP emergency services is to save lives and
relieve human suffering. Types of CAP emergency services operations
include:
Search and Rescue (SAR) CAP SAR missions are coordinated
through the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (AFRCC). CAP flies 86% of the
air searches in the continental United States and in many states CAP is also
involved in ground search and rescue operations. In 1995 CAP volunteers flew
more than 2,200 missions, logging in 12,519 flying hours. During these
missions, CAP members were credited with saving 108 lives.
Disaster Relief CAP supports disaster relief efforts around
the United States with manpower, communications, material transport, damage
assessment, and personnel transport.
Counterdrug CAP provides aircraft patrol/reconnaissance and
communications support to drug enforcement police agencies around the country.
In 1995, volunteers flew 5,289 missions, logging in 31,715 flying hours in
support of the U.S. Customs Service, Drug Enforcement Agency, U.S. Forest
Service, and Department of Defense as well as other federal, state, and local
agencies. The assistance of CAP volunteers in counterdrug interdiction resulted
in the confiscation of assets estimated in excess of $3 billion.
Life Support CAP, in close coordination with the American
Red Cross, provides ground and air transport of blood, tissue or organs,
personnel transport, and communications. Over the past 12 years, CAP's organ
transplant program has helped 4,595 people and saved 286 lives - 44 in 1995.
Civil Defense CAP supports civil defense agencies with
communications, radiological monitoring and decontamination, damage assessment,
and airlift.
Homeland Security With the advent of September 11, CAP has
been requested by the Air Force to assist in their Homeland Security mission.
This is still too new to provide any details and is still being worked out by
the various agencies. It is interesting to note that immediately after the
World Trade Center Disaster, only the military…. and Civil Air Patrol… airplanes
were allowed to fly, while even the commercial airlines were grounded.
The primary mission objective of CAP emergency services is to save lives and
relieve human suffering. Types of CAP emergency services operations
include:
Search and Rescue (SAR) CAP SAR missions are coordinated
through the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (AFRCC). CAP flies 86% of the
air searches in the continental United States and in many states CAP is also
involved in ground search and rescue operations. In 1995 CAP volunteers flew
more than 2,200 missions, logging in 12,519 flying hours. During these
missions, CAP members were credited with saving 108 lives.
Disaster Relief CAP supports disaster relief efforts around
the United States with manpower, communications, material transport, damage
assessment, and personnel transport.
Counterdrug CAP provides aircraft patrol/reconnaissance and
communications support to drug enforcement police agencies around the country.
In 1995, volunteers flew 5,289 missions, logging in 31,715 flying hours in
support of the U.S. Customs Service, Drug Enforcement Agency, U.S. Forest
Service, and Department of Defense as well as other federal, state, and local
agencies. The assistance of CAP volunteers in counterdrug interdiction resulted
in the confiscation of assets estimated in excess of $3 billion.
Life Support CAP, in close coordination with the American
Red Cross, provides ground and air transport of blood, tissue or organs,
personnel transport, and communications. Over the past 12 years, CAP's organ
transplant program has helped 4,595 people and saved 286 lives - 44 in 1995.
Civil Defense CAP supports civil defense agencies with
communications, radiological monitoring and decontamination, damage assessment,
and airlift.
Homeland Security With the advent of September 11, CAP has
been requested by the Air Force to assist in their Homeland Security mission.
This is still too new to provide any details and is still being worked out by
the various agencies. It is interesting to note that immediately after the
World Trade Center Disaster, only the military…. and Civil Air Patrol… airplanes
were allowed to fly, while even the commercial airlines were grounded.