Canada Command

Canada Command ( CANCOM ) (French: Commandement Canada) is one of the four High Command of the Canadian Forces. The Canada Command is responsible for the security of Canada by routine tasks as well as special inserts, which serves the national security. The specific tasks will include: search, rescue coordination, airspace surveillance, coordination of national security and contingency planning. Canada Command uses capacity of the armed forces Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force.

History

The Canada Command was on 1 February 2006, due to restructuring of the Canadian Forces, situated. Before that, there was no central coordinating body of the three branches of the armed forces of the Army, Navy and Air Force. The North American ice storm in 1998 and the attacks of 11 September 2001 showed the need to increase efficency of the armed forces and cooperation with civil security and emergency units, as well as with the United States. Since the establishment had the Canada Command several humanitarian operations in Newfoundland, Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba.

Tasks and organization

Canada Command 's main task is to protect the country from potential hazards. The Canada Command is responsible for an quick operational readiness of the armed forces, taking into account the existing capacities. The Canada Command continues to divide the resources with the Canadian Operational Support Command, Canadian Special Operations Forces Command and with the Canadian Expeditionary Force Command. Thus, the Canada Command has a fast connection to other government offices and security forces such as, inter alia, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ( RCMP ). In addition, the Canada Command works very closely with the United States Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command.

The Command is divided into ten sub-organizations. Among them are six Joint Task Forces ( JTFs ), three Search and Rescue Regions ( SRRs ), as well as a Canadian Forces Air Component Commander ( CFACC ), which is responsible for the allocation of flying units and plans the resources for ( JTFs ). Canada Command is subordinate to the Chief of the Defence Staff and Lieutenant General Walter Semianiw and of its senior non-commissioned member is Chief Warrant Officer Michel JY Ouellet, out.

Tasks

When natural disasters or security threats such as the local police or, if necessary, the Canadian federal police, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ( RCMP ), and the local governments and provincial governments responsible in general, the local security forces. However, the provincial governments can may ask the federal government for help to restore security. However, the provincial governments have a request to the Minister of Public Safety to send. Only then will the Canada Command can send military personnel to the areas to support the local safety and emergency personnel. The Canada Command is also used in large, prolonged events where a risk to attacks or unrest could prevail. The Canada Command was responsible for security during the 2010 Winter Olympics, the G8 Summit in Huntsville in 2010 and the G20 summit in Toronto in 2010.

For routine tasks, the Canada Command coordinates the operations of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Fisheries and Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, patrolling off the coast of Canada, to prevent drug smuggling and illegal immigration.

Deployments Joint Task Force

The Canada Command has six Joint Task Forces ( JTF ) units that control the air space and national borders and which are divided as follows:

  • Joint Task Force (North ), based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, the entire Canadian territory comprises the north of the 60th parallel: Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut;
  • Joint Task Force (Pacific ), stationed at CFB Esquimalt Navy base in British Columbia includes the Province of British Columbia, as well as the coastlines.
  • Joint Task Force ( West), stationed at CFB Edmonton in Alberta Army Base, which includes areas in the west, including the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
  • Joint Task Force ( Central), based in Toronto, Ontario is responsible for the province of Ontario.
  • Joint Task Force ( East), based in Montreal, Quebec is responsible for the province of Quebec.
  • Joint Task Force (Atlantic ), stationed at CFB Halifax Navy Base in Nova Scotia is responsible for the provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Iceland, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador and the adjacent waters.
  • Combined Force Air Component Commander ( CFACC ), located on the CFB Winnipeg Air Base in Manitoba, is responsible for the classification of material and human resources.

Deployments Search Rescue Regions

The country-wide Search and Rescue (SAR ) teams in Canada are operated by the National Search and Rescue Secretariat, in cooperation with other agencies of the Canadian Forces. The Canada Command has control over the following areas:

  • JRCC Victoria, located on the Navy military base, CFB Esquimalt in British Columbia, is responsible for the Victoria Search and Rescue Region, including British Columbia, Yukon and over 560,000 square kilometers in the Pacific Ocean.
  • JRCC Trenton, located on the Air Base CFB Trenton in Ontario and covers an area of ​​about 10,000,000 square kilometers from Quebec City to the Rocky Mountains and from the Canadian- American border to the North Pole. Also located on the Air Base, the Canadian Mission Control Centre from which operates the satellite- based Cospas-Sarsat emergency alarm system.
  • JRCC Halifax, located on the Navy Base CFB Halifax in Nova Scotia, is responsible for the Halifax Search and Rescue Region and covers an area of ​​4,700,000 square kilometers of Quebec City to the eastern regions, including all four provinces of the Atlantic Ocean.
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