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Text   Technological upgrades and funding for ground search and rescue teams
textMay 26, 2009 - Miramichi
textPublic Safety
New global positioning equipment (GPS) is now available for volunteers from the New Brunswick Ground Search and Rescue Association (NBGSARA) to assist in rescue efforts. The Department of Public Safety obtained $510,000 in federal funding from the National Search and Rescue Secretariat for a multi-year (2008-10) New Initiatives Fund project that will contribute to improved capability and interoperability of NBGSARA.  From left: Claude Chiasson (Chaleur, GPS instructor); Dawn Chase (Tri-County); Duane Miller (Tri-County, GPS instructor); Donald Laplante (Chaleur); Public Safety and Solicitor General John W. Foran; Jeff Doucet (NBGSARA treasurer, and Miramichi Ground Search and Rescue president); Marco Guérette (Northwest); Joseph Labelle (NBGSARA president, Tri-County); Donald Dufour (Northwest); Glen Martin (NBGSARA global information systems steering group chair, York Sunbury); and Stewart McIsaac (Miramichi).
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