On 23 august, our team worked with the Civilian Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA) to assist in the training of their pilots, navigators and spotters in a mock aircraft exercise. The goal of their exercise was to locate a crashed aircraft then respond on the ground to the crash site.

The exercise involved CASARA teams and Aircraft from all three Prairie provinces.

Based out of Brandon, the CASARA teams had to search a wide variety of terrain in Western Manitoba.

Under the direction of Brian Fowell, we simulated a crashed aircraft near Virden Manitoba. Our team members then simulated the casualties at the crash site as well as provided safety on site and assessed the performance of the rescuers..

The first aircraft was attracted to the crash site using mirrors and strobe lights. upon locating the site they then landed in Virden and proceeded to the site where they successfully located all the passengers and performed First Aid where required.

A second aircraft successfully located the aircraft as part of their search pattern and proceeded on the ground to the site where they too were able to successfully provide First Aid to the casualties.

Once again, thanks to CASARA for inviting us to assist and to the Brandon Regional Search and Rescue Association volunteers for their effort in making a realistic and interesting exercise.