NSGSARA WEB SITE

Emergency Measures Organization of Nova Scotia

EMO (N.S.)

Founded in 1971, this organization co-ordinates the use of provincial resources in support of land, marine and air SAR services. In an emergency search, EMO determines the availability of support and acts as a direct liaison between the responsible authorities and SAR service providers.

In addition to its work with the RCMP and the NSGSARA, EMO assists federal air and marine SAR operations on request by the Rescue Co-ordination Centre (RCC) in Halifax.

The individual GSAR teams operate under the umbrella of and have official status with, the EMO (N.S.). The EMO (N.S.) has devided the province into three zones; Western, Central and Eastern (a map of Nova Scotia showing the zones is available on the EMO's own WEB page).

The teams are shown on the Team List, showing which zone they are located in (A map of Nova Scotia showing the EMO Zones can be found on the EMO (N.S.) WEB site).

Each Zone has an EMO Zone Controller.

Visit the EMO (N.S.) WEB Site. for more information.

The EMO (N.S.) GSAR Coordinator is: Keith Crosland CROSLAKE@gov.ns.ca