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Quick Links CAP National Headquarters North Carolina Wing Cadet Ribbon Checker SM Ribbon Checker	Emergency Services Growing from its World War II experience, the Civil Air Patrol has continued to save lives and alleviate human suffering through a myriad of emergency service missions. 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 (AFRCC) at Tyndall Air Force Base, FL. Overseas, CAP supports the Joint Rescue Coordination Centers in Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Just how effective are CAP missions? More than 100 people are saved every year by CAP members! Visit the AFRCC Facebook Page HERE Disaster Relief Civil Air Patrol plays a vital role in disaster relief operations. CAP provides air and ground transporation, as well as an extensive communications network. CAP flies disaster relief officials to remote locations and support local, state, and national disaster relief organizations with manpower,logistics, and leadership support. An important aviation resource for state and local government, CAP also flies siginificant aerial imagery missions before and after manmade (such as the 2010 Gulf of Mexico/Deepwater Horizon oil spill), and natural disasters. In fact, CAP has formal agreements with many humanitarian relief agencies such as the American Red Cross, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the United States Coast Guard (USCG). Recent developments in CAP's Disaster Relief mission include the introduction of Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT), and Points of Distribution (PODs). North Carolina wing has become active in both programs, dramatically enhancing CAP's mission set in Disaster Relief. During Hurrican Irene in 2011, North Carolina Civil Air Patrol played a vital role in providing POD with food, water, ice, and tarps distribution in both Hyde and Beaufort counties. CAP provided over 60 personnel at multiple locations for over six days of sustained distribution operations. For more information on CERT, visit HERE For more information on PODs, visit HERE Humanitarian Services Closely related to Disaster Relief is CAP's support of humanitarian missions. Usually in support of the Red Cross, CAP aircrews transport time-sensitive medical materials including blood and human tissue in situations where other means of transportation are not possible. Other Missions Air Force Support: Its hardly surprising that CAP performs several missions in direct support of the United States Air Force (USAF). Specifically, CAP conducts damage assessment, radiological monitoring, light transport, communications support, and low-altitude route surveys. Joint USAF and CAP SAR exercises sharpen the skills of all participants and offer realistic training for a deadly serious mission. North Carolina Civil Air Provides support to the North Carolina Army National Guard by participating in Operation Point Defender, an annual exercise that tests the security of the Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point in Brunswick County, NC. Counterdrugs: CAP joined the 'war on drugs' in 1986 when CAP signed an agreement with the USAF and U.S. Customs Service offering CAP resources to be used to stem the flow of drugs into the United States. Today, CAP has similar agreements with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). CAP has made major contributions to the counterdrug fight by providing aerial reconnaissance, airborne communications support, and airlift of law enforcement personnel. For more information on Emergency Services, click here. The above was adopted from CAP Manual 50-2, Marketing and Public Relations, CAP National Headquarters, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
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Emergency Services Growing from its World War II experience, the Civil Air Patrol has continued to save lives and alleviate human suffering through a myriad of emergency service missions.

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 (AFRCC) at Tyndall Air Force Base, FL. Overseas, CAP supports the Joint Rescue Coordination Centers in Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Just how effective are CAP missions? More than 100 people are saved every year by CAP members!

Visit the AFRCC Facebook Page HERE

Disaster Relief

Civil Air Patrol plays a vital role in disaster relief operations. CAP provides air and ground transporation, as well as an extensive communications network. CAP flies disaster relief officials to remote locations and support local, state, and national disaster relief organizations with manpower,logistics, and leadership support. An important aviation resource for state and local government, CAP also flies siginificant aerial imagery missions before and after manmade (such as the 2010 Gulf of Mexico/Deepwater Horizon oil spill), and natural disasters. In fact, CAP has formal agreements with many humanitarian relief agencies such as the American Red Cross, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the United States Coast Guard (USCG).

Recent developments in CAP's Disaster Relief mission include the introduction of Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT), and Points of Distribution (PODs). North Carolina wing has become active in both programs, dramatically enhancing CAP's mission set in Disaster Relief. During Hurrican Irene in 2011, North Carolina Civil Air Patrol played a vital role in providing POD with food, water, ice, and tarps distribution in both Hyde and Beaufort counties. CAP provided over 60 personnel at multiple locations for over six days of sustained distribution operations.

For more information on CERT, visit HERE

For more information on PODs, visit HERE

Humanitarian Services

Closely related to Disaster Relief is CAP's support of humanitarian missions. Usually in support of the Red Cross, CAP aircrews transport time-sensitive medical materials including blood and human tissue in situations where other means of transportation are not possible.

Other Missions

Air Force Support: Its hardly surprising that CAP performs several missions in direct support of the United States Air Force (USAF). Specifically, CAP conducts damage assessment, radiological monitoring, light transport, communications support, and low-altitude route surveys. Joint USAF and CAP SAR exercises sharpen the skills of all participants and offer realistic training for a deadly serious mission. North Carolina Civil Air Provides support to the North Carolina Army National Guard by participating in Operation Point Defender, an annual exercise that tests the security of the Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point in Brunswick County, NC.

Counterdrugs: CAP joined the 'war on drugs' in 1986 when CAP signed an agreement with the USAF and U.S. Customs Service offering CAP resources to be used to stem the flow of drugs into the United States. Today, CAP has similar agreements with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). CAP has made major contributions to the counterdrug fight by providing aerial reconnaissance, airborne communications support, and airlift of law enforcement personnel.

For more information on Emergency Services, click here.

The above was adopted from CAP Manual 50-2, Marketing and Public Relations, CAP National Headquarters, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.