MARINE SAFETY
Rescue group’s

From Page 3°

: vesfully "operated on: the
’Enlgish Coast for decades. °

“tio. .Last August, Waisman and

ie, newly: formed : Station

»"number:5 crew put.2 17-foot-

Boston :. Whaler”: into ., the
the society’s'’ rescue
The. purchase of’ the
‘equipment was financed
i ~ {hrgush a bank.loan.

{Since ‘then ‘the society. has
“involved

“In ‘those’ nine months since

rong core of : committed
; ‘yolunteers®
2 together, and put through, the .
“ training’: ‘paces ‘with’ as: many
“as three training: classes and
xercises aweek,

“together 10 of which have
raining in industrial first aid

‘rescue techniques they have
‘learned .—. is ‘a top-notch
nit that can. be On its:way. to |
eal ‘with a marine incident’
na matter of 15'‘minutes. -_
Much*more difficult: than
utting . together: the ‘rescue

team; has* been .the: task. of .

keeping’ the’ rescue’. boat
afloat. Unlike the Canadian
‘Marine Rescue Auxiliary —

‘In 86° per. cent of them :

he.service, was: Haunched, .a.

has” ‘been’ put °

The group .that is. now .

as. welli asthe search and“!

a group of pleasure boaters
who are available to: the
Coast Guard’ ~—ythe Lifeboat
Society receives'no funding.

' The local group is responsi-

ble- not, only for purchasing

“and: equipping: the - rescue

in * 37° inci-~ :

boat, but must find the fun-
ding for. insurance, fuel and
the dozens of other. of cost
items associated. with. the
training: and
themselves.

According: to Peter

* Howard-Jones, ' who handles

| fund-raising for the group,

the volunteers face a bill of

- roughly $1,000 a month for

maintenance, fuel .and | in-

surance. Combined with the

re bank Joan that has financed

the: start-up of | the | rescue
unit,’ that has.produced the
‘need for -a- substantial
amount , of. time spent fund-
raising: 7

Response from those the

society, has been able to con-
tact: has been good and it has

kept them going so far, pay- .

ing for their response to the

and putting them'in a posi-

busier’ spring and. summer
boating season. :
‘Whether the. volunteers

oo avill be’'able'to. respond will

¢ OVERWEIGHT
¢ STOP SMOKING
° GAIN CONFIDENCE

ICAN HELP.

the rescues”

37 incidents so: far recorded -

ion.” of:: readiness... for . the.

GEORGE WALKER'S . &
TINY T TU-TU'S FOR TWO” §

need ‘desperate’

depend on the ability of
Howard-Jones and the
others to continue to raise
funds,

If- you can help, contact
the Lifeboat Society at 5854
Marine Drive, West Yan-
couver, B.C, V7W 282.

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