We are a Canada-wide volunteer non-profit aviation association dedicated to the promotion of Aviation Safety, and to the provision of trained and effective air search support services to supplement our National Search and Rescue program.

“The essence of being a volunteer is that you cannot demand their service, the CASARA member has to volunteer because they want to. We encourage a positive approach towards our volunteers because the most valuable commodity they give us is time.”John Davidson, President of CASARA

An average of 1,000 hours each year has been flown on actual search operations since the association’s inception in 1986. Our members have volunteered approximately 200,000 hours last year to be trained and on stand-by for the JRCCs or whoever needs us.

CASARA operates in all 13 provinces and territories. Search and rescue responsibilities in each of these Member Organizations is broken down into Zones. Visit our interactive map to see our areas of operation across Canada.