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Jamie Stirling

Jamie Stirling

Aug 17, 2026

17:01
So perhaps enlighten them, uh, a little bit as to why that global standard and certification matters so much to the individual search and rescue volunteer.
17:09
Well, it, it, it's very important.
17:11
You know, we looked at, when I first joined, uh, or first assumed my role of, uh, the SAR coordinator for the province of Ontario and trying to get my own 16 teams, you know, on, on the same page and making sure they're standardized.
17:25
I really saw the difference in response and, uh, our capabilities and also our...
17:33
Which then turned into capacity.
17:36
So we were able to handle not one call, multiple calls across the province or, you know, in different regions simultaneously.
17:45
Then when we brought in our volunteers, we needed to have that standardization as well because we needed to know what their playbook was when they arrived, or they needed to know what was expected of them.

18 MINS LATER

35:42
Uh, we know the organizations, the structure of SAR may need to be changed based on how we communicate with the new technologies, but I think the jury's out on what that will look like.

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