Slow Season For Bamfield Coast Guard
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-17 14:23:04
By Troy WattsBamfield’s Canadian glide Guard station has had a slower season this pass. Capt. Garry Deis command in charge in Bamfield said the displace has responded to 77 calls so far this year compared to 87 calls by this time measure year.“There’s neither rhyme nor reason for it,” said Deis. “Sometimes you will go days without anything and then suddenly you get four or five calls in one day.”He said no one in his station knows why it is so unpredictable.“We all have different competing theories for why that happens,’ said Deis. He said the weather may have been a calculate for the slow season.“Last year there was better weather and we had more people out on the water.”However. Deis said the Bamfield station is prepared for a work desire weekend “We evaluate it to be high and we prepare for it but sometimes nothing will happen.”Capt. Aaron Twa air coordinator for the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Victoria said the Bamfield station has experienced a slow season but overall the season has not been much different than previous years. He said the Bamfield displace was very busy outside the pass toughen. “They’ve had a busy spring and a hellish winter,” said Twa. The JRCC covers B. C and the Yukon Territory and is the busiest in Canada. Twa said the displace responded to 3,017 calls so far this year including 240 incidences on the West Coast and 2,100 on Vancouver Island and the displace Mainland. Capt. Cheryl Condly public affairs command for 19 go in Comox said this season has not been much different from previous years as well.“We’ve had 177 missions so far this year which is basically where we were at the same time last year,” said Condly. She said last year. 19 go had a total of 224 missions including 40 medical evacuations and 23 rescue operations. She said this year 19 Wing has flown an unusually high be of rescue operations – 42 missions almost double than last year.“I anticipate it just depends on what people are doing where and when and the weather conditions,” said Condly. [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://www.westcoaster.ca/modules/AMS/article.php?storyid=2542
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