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Police Department allowed him to also fly fire surveillance for a smaller fire northeast of Gainesville. In Georgia, Lt. Col. Marl McCracken, director of operations for the Georgia Wing, continually answered calls for help from the Georgia Emergency Management Agency. “Air “ support included camera missions taking pictures of the fire sites, flying their repeater for better communications and transport of Forestry Department personnel to and from the (GEMA) base in Jesup,” he said. McCracken said Georgia units participating included the Middle Georgia Composite Squadron in Macon and the Brunswick Senior Squadron in St. Simons Island, Ga. “A total of nine sorties were flown for 13 hours,” he said. Maj. Mike Mitchell with the Brunswick squadron participated in one of the photo missions, transporting three fire marshals. “It was a chance for them to figure out how the fires progressed, what they did right and how they might improve (in fighting the fires),” said Mitchell, who is director of operations for CAP’s Southeast Region. Larry Morris, a spokesman working in the Georgia Forestry Commission’s Joint Information Center in Waycross, said the effects of “the largest fire within a single perimeter in the southern 48 states” will be assessed long after the thick haze and the smell of burning wood are gone. He was thankful, however, there were “no fatalities to our firefighters or our citizens.” Firefighters, meanwhile, expressed their gratitude for the hundreds of volunteers who pitched in to support them — people like Cathcart, one of the five CAP cadets who helped move the seven tons of water from the fire station in Lake City. It was no big deal, I think this shows how CAP working with the community can have a positive impact and our willingness to use our resources to help resolve what could have been a much more dangerous situation. according to Cathcart. “We’re there if anybody ” needs us,” he said. “Our mission is to support the community,” said Cindy Sweitzer, whose husband, Mark, summed it up with this comment: “To me, the best part of the whole operation — besides simply being able to help — was to have a forestry official see me in my CAP uniform in a local store and come up to me and thank me,” he said. “That shows CAP’s efforts were both recognized and appreciated.” ▲ — Lt. Col. Fred Swearingen, deputy commander, Florida Wing’s Group 2 Photo by Lt. Col. Doug Kelley, Florida Wing U.S. Civil Air Patrol pilots provide a check of a back-burn attempt in northern Florida. The aerial photo provides a real-time look at firefighting efforts, allowing ground personnel to move quickly to prevent the spread of wildfires. U. S. Civil Air Patrol Volunteer 22 July-August 2007
CAP Volunteers Conduct ARCHER Training U.S. Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters volunteer ARCHER instructor Capt. Ralph "Rocky" Long, right, assists students 2nd Lt. Andrew Boyer of the Alabama Wing, left, and Maj. David Spears of the Tennessee Wing, during the first-ever volunteer-led ARCHER training course held recently at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. ARCHER, which stands for airborne real-time cueing hyperspectral enhanced reconnaissance, represents one of the most advanced technologies available for search and rescue, and CAP is the first national organization to use it. Over the past year, ARCHER operators with CAP relied on the technology to help state and federal officials take illegal drugs off U.S. streets, protect Missouri residents against harmful chemical pollution and aid border patrols between Mexico and the U.S. Photo by Lt. Col. Warren Vest, Virginia Wing
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