SAR Alberta Provincial Issues Page
Last Update: Aug 2, 2007
The following information is provided to enable the member organizations of SAR Alberta, individual SAR workers, tasking agencies, government and other interested stakeholders, to become better informed regarding the historical and current opportunities and challenges faced by SAR Alberta and the provincial search and rescue community, within the province of Alberta.
Note: If it doesn't say "SAR Alberta" at the start of the document, it is for information only and does not mean SAR Alberta accepts or approves of any statements or opinions contained. These are independent third party documents.
The following documents are provided in chronological order, starting with earliest dated, except for the first Background Calendar, provided in advance to put things in perspective for readers.
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SAR Alberta Background of Events Chronological Summary of Key Events in the History of SAR Alberta, starting with its creation, up to 2006. Author: Brad Marshall (2006) |
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SAR Alberta Pine Lake Tornado Response Summary Summary detailing the scale and scope of volunteer search and rescue response, exceeding every other type of response including fire, EMS, police or military. This overwhelming response put volunteer search and rescue, on the "political radar" of the Government of Alberta. Author: Brad Marshall (2000) |
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SAR Alberta Police Act Review Submission The Solicitor General made an open public call for submission regarding changes to the provincial police act, and the indirectly, the way policing was done in Alberta.
The government didn't address any aspect of search and rescue in its follow-up recommendation package. Author: Mike Andresen and Brad Marshall (2000) |
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SAR Alberta Administrative Statement of Need At the request of then Disaster Services (now Emergency Management Alberta), SAR Alberta researched and delivered a proposal for funding of a position to support search and rescue administration which would benefit the provincial government, tasking agencies and SAR Teams. The proposal was never responded to by government. Author: Brett Wuth and Brad Marshall (2001) |
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SAR Alberta Provincial Challenges to SAR In 2002, SAR Alberta requested a meeting with EMA and the Solicitor General. The Sol Gen expressed some interest, but EMA didn't believe there was any need for a meeting and demanded a list of issues, in advance, before they would even consider sitting down with the Sol Gen and SAR Alberta. This document was delivered to EMA but a meeting never occurred due to government stalling. Author: Brad Marshall (2002) |
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Monica Ahlstrom Letter to Premier Letter to Premier Stelmach dated May 24, 2007. Author: Monica Ahlstrom (2007) |
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WCB Meeting Agenda Agenda of meeting requested by SAR Alberta, to discuss concerns over WCB coverage for search and rescue volunteers. Author: Unknown (2007) |
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Monica Ahlstrom Email to Membership Email from Monica to Unknown Recipient List. Author: Monica Ahlstrom (2007) |
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Alberta Emergency Management Agency Letter Letter to SAR Alberta President Rod Dietrich from Alberta Emergency Management Agency, in response to request for clarification on recent events. Author: Scott Pepper (2007) |
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SAR Alberta President Address (August 2007) Letter from SAR Alberta President Rod Dietrich to SAR Alberta members and the search and rescue community. Author: Rod Dietrich (2007) |
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More will be added to this page as other documents become available. If you would like to submit a document to this page, please direct your request to the SAR Alberta Executive.