Policy and Standards Check out these essential tools of this emergency service organisation. Contacts System Online contacts system. Requires login account. Calvin Martini of Riverview, a Tri-Country Search and Rescue and team director with the New Brunswick Ground Search and Rescue Association, said the provincial council was forced to adopt a strong stance in order to safeguard the organization's future. That's to cover the overhead expenses incurred by the organization.
Police already pay for mileage and some necessities.
The searchers, all volunteers from every walk of life, pay for their own personal equipment and supplies, not to mention lost wages while away from work. Some smaller teams based in rural areas can't even afford a command post or much of the equipment. Some police officers have already balked, saying they don't have that kind of money in their budgets. The quality of service might be made to suffer, they said. Martini said the goal is not to penalize the police, but to pressure the government, through the police, into providing vital funding.