![]() On October 8, 2022, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) successfully concluded its support to Newfoundland and Labrador in the aftermath of hurricane Fiona. ![]() Response to Hurricane Fiona Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador On October 22, 2022, The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) transported two ambulances from Dryden Ontario to Pikangikum First Nation, via a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-130J Hercules aircraft and crew from 436 Transport Squadron at 8 Wing Trenton, Ontario. On October 19, 2022, Public Safety Canada (PS) received a request for federal assistance (RFA) from the Province of Ontario seeking immediate assistance to move patient transfer vehicles to Pikangikum First Nation, a remote community in northern Ontario, to restore sufficient medical transportation capacity. If they become overwhelmed they may ask the Canadian Armed Forces for help, however the capabilities and trained personnel of the Canadian Armed Forces are finite and should only be involved when no other organization has the capacity to respond.ΔΆ022 2022 Transportation of ambulances to Pikangikum First Nation While the Canadian Armed Forces is always prepared to support civil authorities and the people of Canada, provincial and territorial authorities are the first to respond when a major natural disaster occurs in Canada. This does not include the 118 requests for assistance received by the CAF in response to the pandemic. In other words, the CAF involvement in response to natural disasters has broadly doubled every five years since 2010. This compares to an average of almost four requests for assistance per year between 20 and twice per year between 20. In 2021 the military responded to seven requests for assistance for disaster relief operations from provinces and territories. ![]() There has been an increasing demand on the CAF over the last decade to respond to natural disasters across the country. Hurricanes, floods, snow storms and forest fires are common to certain regions and seasons in Canada. Natural disasters can occur without warning. ![]()
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