| By CHRIS LLOYD —

which he’s just joined as coordinator.

He does hint ‘that he
“might - ‘like. to. see the.
volunteer rescuers. wearing

But. uniforms? “No Way.” .

He was. with. his | “Predecessor, -

7 ‘Ray. Kinshella.

he declares. ‘firmly.

wouldn’t want to go any :

further than arm badges o:
hats,

jackets at the very most. 7

And the only reason even.
for that: much would ‘be to.

make
. identifiable from _ hikers.

working with.

oe Oe ‘certainly won't” be.
running it’ as .a- military
- organization. Regimentation _
is a long way.away from my |
line,” says Jefferd who, at —
48, has just retired from the.

RCAF as master warrant
officer at the Comox base on
Vancouver - ‘Island.

_ Close to my line. :

‘lti is. that aspect of his work

"in the forces which he sees

| ‘among the most relevant to.

his new v job.

“He says of his role: “ht is.
7 very. similar to the kind of.

~ work: Thave been doing. T've

“hada lot of experience ‘in

dealing with people.”
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| - Thirty years in the airforce haven’t left Jeff
_Jefferd with any ambitions of regimenting. the
North. Shore’ Ss Emergency Measures. Organization.

- Domes - ‘about: the f
_ some kind of identification. . ut the fact that

or. —" ‘about going out in the field
~ but I think my place will be
here to: corodinate,’’ he says |
from behind his: desk j im the.
EMO. office. which. recently .
team: members: moved: to its new location

‘wandering around mountain beneath’ the city fire hall.

areas during rescues and.so.
‘that he'd know who: he's -

- need a helicopter brought in
- I will do that. I couldn’t do it.
- ‘very. well from. the top of as

mountain.” oo

“But
dealing with personnel is

perience. oe Yet he does. concede on
“Pm” an. avionics “the: question of volunteer. _

technician but. as time goes rescuers: “It’s always niceto

on ‘and you: in rank have a regular paid team but fe

-you have crews of 60 to 80
men and the association gets _
Jess and less while the ad-.
ministration gets more and

_and I mean it. Those in the
service have ‘an esprit. de Os,
Corps somewhat similar to .

2
program here and the fact is .

. scientious.” im

HUMAN TRACKING exercises as ‘demonstrated in 2 recent weekend ‘workshop by.
U.S. tracking expert Joe Hardin, at Blair rifle range, are just the kind of thing Jefferd :
would like to see the EMO getting into. But limited budgets already mean that-all = -
rescuers have to work on a volumteor basis and leave Mitle room, a for F expansion, (oar |

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“job. ‘is. his” ‘administrative
- experience and: he makes no.

from. now on the roleof EMO |

coordinator is going to be far
more of a desk job than. it-

“I hope to learn all I can

from the RCMP building.
“— they (the rescue team)

° measures. ‘operation. is solun to. iis more
-. for newly appointed coordinator Jeff Telford. than ie
-He compares the situation ved was for his predecessor. (Chris Loyd photo).
with . Ais Previous — ex-

it all costs money.’

“TIGHT BUDGETIN ANG

“He adds: “If it ‘wasn't: for
the voluntary efforts. there’d
be no way‘we could operate.
And the team supply a lot of
‘their own campment,, ‘such
as vehicles and pack -

more.

“So it is similar to working
here except it’s. with.
volunteers, which is —_,

‘Running on a tight budget
obviously restricts the scope
and “expansion of the
‘ provincially funded EMO. —

that here.
“They. have a good trainin

that everyone is so. con-

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