Program evaluation, Civil Air Search and Rescue Association /

CASARA is clearly a cost effective program when one considers the SAR capability that CASARA makes available to DND (by way of aircraft and trained personnel), the cost avoidance savings to DND when they employ CASARA (by reducing the use and extending the economic life of DND’s primary SAR assets), the increased responsiveness of the SAR program (due to distribution of CASARA units throughout Can [...] A review of the support to the operational support of CASARA be carefully reviewed and funding for CASARA will be undertaken managed to ensure that the benefits of establishing A3 SAR to ensure that the benefits of CASARA are and maintaining CASARA under the contribution not lost. [...] Chief Review Services IV/IV Program Evaluation Civil Air Search and Rescue Association Final – December 2004 PART 1 – EVALUATION SCOPE, OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY EVALUATION SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES The purpose of this program evaluation is to assess the role of the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA) as it contributes to the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Forces (C [...] Specific evaluation issues addressed by this evaluation are: • The rationale and mandate of CASARA and the linkages between CASARA objectives and DND/CF missions and taskings; • The effectiveness of CASARA in achieving program goals; and • The overall effectiveness and cost-efficiency of CASARA as a volunteer organization providing aeronautical search and rescue services throughout Canada. [...] As stated in the National Search and Rescue Manual, the objective of the NSP is of life and injury through search to save lives by enhancing search and rescue (SAR) prevention and provide effective and and rescue alerting, responding, affordable SAR services in Canada’s SAR areas of responsibility.