 Emergency
Services
Search and Rescue (SAR): Perhaps best
known for its search and rescue efforts, CAP now flies more
than 85 percent of all inland SAR missions directed by the
Air Force Rescue Coordination Center at Langley AFB, Va.
Overseas, CAP supports the Joint Rescue Coordination Centers
in Hawaii and Puerto Rico. In Maryland, CAP works closely
with State and local police forces for missing persons search.
Disaster Relief: Often overlooked but
vitally important is the role CAP plays in disaster relief
operations. CAP provides air and ground transportation,
and an extensive communications network. We fly disaster
relief officials to remote locations, and support local,
state and national disaster relief organizations with manpower
and leadership.
In fact, CAP has formal agreements with many
humanitarian relief agencies such as the American Red Cross,
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Aviation Administration,
and Coast Guard.
Humanitarian Services: Closely related
to disaster relief is CAP's support of humanitarian missions.
Usually in support of the Red Cross, CAP air crews transport
time-sensitive medical materials including blood and human
tissue in situations where other means of transportation
are not possible.
Air Force Support: It's hardly surprising
that CAP performs several missions in direct support of
the US Air Force. Specifically, CAP conducts damage assessment,
radiological monitoring, light transport, communications
support, and low-altitude route surveys.
Counternarcotics: CAP joined the "war
on drugs" in 1986 when CAP signed an agreement with the
US Air Force and US Customs Service offering CAP resources
to be used to stem the flow of drugs into and within the
United States. Today, CAP has similar agreements with the
Drug Enforcement Administration and the US Forest Service.
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