Search and Rescue Canada - an expertise respected around the world, yet little known at home
The narrative will be about the scope and needs in such a huge area and anecdotal references to available resources and how needs are met.
The mission of the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA) is to support Canada’s Search and Rescue (SAR) program and to promote SAR awareness.
From the Winspeare website: A skilled pilot, Bill is an active air crew member and instructor with the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association and teaches ground school at the Edmonton Flying Club. He has been known to fly colleagues to remote northern communities as part of the National Arts Centre’s music outreach clinics.
Bill Dimmer arrived in Edmonton in 1971 to join the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra until retiring from
that organization in 2014. Bill served as a teacher, mentor, administrator, conductor, and performer,
including a potential Canadian record 43 seasons as ESO assistant principal trumpet and induction to
Edmonton’s Arts and Culture Hall of Fame in 2014. In his secret identity as a skilled pilot, he is an active
air crew member and instructor with the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association, the ground school
instructor at the Edmonton Flying Club and a columnist for COPA Flight magazine. Bill has been an active
participant on a number of major search and rescue efforts in a variety of positions from pilot to search
coordinator. He has also been known to fly colleagues to remote northern communities as part of the
National Arts Centre’s music outreach clinics. Bill flies his own Cessna 172 – C-GWUD.
Also during this meeting a presentation will be made to our recent Integrity Awards Recipient, Joe Cloutier, CEO, Inner City Youth Development Association. Joe will be awarded a Paul Harris Fellow pin. The Edmonton Rotary Club Foundation will be providing a $1000 donation to Inner City Youth Development Association.