Dangerous Occupations:
Help is on the Way
We seldom appreciate the true value of search-and-rescue teams until
of course, they are needed. Anyone who has ever been lost in the wilderness
knows just how important these people are. Often risking their own life
to save the lives of others, they perform acts of heroism just by doing
their job. Far from glamorous, their work is often uncomfortable, exhausting
and highly stressful.
Search-and-rescue (SAR) operations have saved thousands of people in
distress. Co-ordinated by the Canadian Forces, or by the Canadian Parks
Service in national parks, these services make use of helicopters and other
aircraft, sometimes in conjunction with rescue vessels from the Canadian
Coast Guard, to carry out many types of operations, whether it be saving
seamen from sinking ships, airlifting the critically ill or injured from
remote areas, or rescuing the victims of air-plane crashes. SAR crews must
sometimes cope with the harshest conditions, counting the minutes that
can make the difference between life and death.
This stamp commemorates the men and women involved in a dangerous occupations.
With her coloured-pencil drawings, Montreal illustrator Suzanne Duranceau
has realistically captured the dame that typifies each line of work.
REFERENCE
Canada Post Corporation-SOUVENIR COLLECTION OF THE POSTAGE STAMPS OF
CANADA, Ottawa,1991
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