Canada’s ‘DART’ (Disaster Assistance Response Team) Is Always Ready!
While putting together a 'Canada Hotspot' power point seminar for the RV School in Kelowna University 22 –24 June and during updates to my RV Travel To Canada E-book (sold at the RV Bookstore.com), I accidentally came across an outstanding, comprehensive and informative website featuring over 400 non-commercial pages highlighting Canada Info. One particular story featuring Canada’s ‘DART’ (Disater Assistance Response Team) caught my eye.
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Their Mission Capabilities Stretch Worldwide
An excerpt of the complete story about ‘DART’ that is featured on the informative Canada Info website is below).
The Team is comprised of about 200 CF personnel ready to deploy quickly to conduct emergency relief operations
for up to 40 days, the DART can either enhance emergency relief efforts or bridge the gap until members of the international community arrive to provide long-term help. The DART is designed to deploy only to permissive environments — that is, locations where it will not encounter any organized resistance or threat.
For international missions, the DART can be activated by a request from either an individual country or from the United Nations (UN). Regardless of the source of the request, the final decision to deploy the DART rests with the Canadian government, based on advice from Foreign Affairs Canada, the Department of National Defence, and the Canadian International Development Agency. In a UN operation, the DART is required to co-ordinate its work with the UN-appointed humanitarian co-ordinator. The DART also co-operates with international agencies on site to achieve the maximum positive impact.
The DART serves four critical needs in emergencies, namely:
primary medical care;
production of safe drinking water;
a limited specialist engineer capability; and
a command and control structure that allows for effective communications between the DART, the host nation, and the other agencies involved in the relief effort, including international organizations, non-governmental organizations and UN aid agencies.
To read the entire story about the amazing DART go to
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Webmaster Craig Marlatt shares info such as the highlight above - just because he loves Canada. Absolutely anything from songs to symbols to history to so much more is featured on Craig Marlatt.com
Happy Travels. Peggi and John
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Their Mission Capabilities Stretch Worldwide
An excerpt of the complete story about ‘DART’ that is featured on the informative Canada Info website is below).
The Team is comprised of about 200 CF personnel ready to deploy quickly to conduct emergency relief operations
for up to 40 days, the DART can either enhance emergency relief efforts or bridge the gap until members of the international community arrive to provide long-term help. The DART is designed to deploy only to permissive environments — that is, locations where it will not encounter any organized resistance or threat. For international missions, the DART can be activated by a request from either an individual country or from the United Nations (UN). Regardless of the source of the request, the final decision to deploy the DART rests with the Canadian government, based on advice from Foreign Affairs Canada, the Department of National Defence, and the Canadian International Development Agency. In a UN operation, the DART is required to co-ordinate its work with the UN-appointed humanitarian co-ordinator. The DART also co-operates with international agencies on site to achieve the maximum positive impact.
The DART serves four critical needs in emergencies, namely:
primary medical care;
production of safe drinking water;
a limited specialist engineer capability; and
a command and control structure that allows for effective communications between the DART, the host nation, and the other agencies involved in the relief effort, including international organizations, non-governmental organizations and UN aid agencies.
To read the entire story about the amazing DART go to
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Webmaster Craig Marlatt shares info such as the highlight above - just because he loves Canada. Absolutely anything from songs to symbols to history to so much more is featured on Craig Marlatt.com
Happy Travels. Peggi and John
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