[PAO] Fwd: [SPAM-LOW] CAP SC Flood Response Mission Update; New Garmin Virb Camera System Used By CAP Airmen

Sat Oct 10 09:40:54 CDT 2015

ALCON:  The following is the latest #5 release regarding CAP's response 
to the SC flooding.  Please share with your fellow units and members, 
and as stated below, you are encouraged to post on your social media 
networks.

Karen L. Copenhaver, Lt Col, CAP
Deputy Director, Public Affairs
Middle East Region
Civil Air Patrol, U.S. Air Force Auxiliary
http://GoCivilAirPatrol.com

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Subject: 	[SPAM-LOW] CAP SC Flood Response Mission Update; New Garmin 
Virb Camera System Used By CAP Airmen
Date: 	Sat, 10 Oct 2015 10:04:19 -0400
From: 	Matt Hamrick <matt at matthamricklaw.com>
To: 	'Matt Hamrick' <matt at matthamricklaw.com>

New Garmin Virb Camera System Used By CAP Airmen

All:

Please see the latest press release (below) and infographic (attached) 
from CAP NHQ.

Unit PAOs, please share these with your units’ members and your local 
media contacts, and post them to your local units’ facebook pages, 
websites, or other media channels. NHQ PA staff has also already sent 
these press releases to all media outlets in SC, but if you have direct 
media contacts you are still permitted and encouraged to send these 
directly to them.

Finally, if you forward this or otherwise send this or any email to 
several recipients, please remember the best practice is to create an 
undisclosed recipients list or send it to yourself and blind copy all 
other recipients. I have been guilty of forgetting to do this, but it is 
the preferred practice so that each recipient does not receive the email 
address of every other recipient.

Thank you all for the outstanding work you are doing for CAP and for 
South Carolina.

Semper Vigilans!

Capt Matthew D. Hamrick, CAP

South Carolina Wing Legal Officer

South CarolinaWing Public Affairs Officer

(C) 843.693.4700

Civil Air Patrol, U.S. Air Force Auxiliary

http://GoCivilAirPatrol.com

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*From:*Cox, Steve [mailto:SCOX at capnhq.gov]
*Sent:* Friday, October 09, 2015 5:06 PM
*To:* Matt Hamrick
*Subject:* FW: New Garmin Virb Camera System Used By CAP Airmen

Matt, hope you had a good day in the sky. Here is today’s release and 
infographic as distributed to the media.

    Steve

*From:*Steve Cox [mailto:scox at capnhq.gov]
*Sent:* Friday, October 09, 2015 3:47 PM
*To:* Cox, Steve
*Subject:* New Garmin Virb Camera System Used By CAP Airmen

**October 9, 2015**

**Enhanced technology improves Civil Air Patrol’s flood damage 
assessment imagery**

**COLUMBIA****, South Carolina **– Civil Air Patrol airmen photographing 
the flood damage in South Carolina began using a new tool Thursday in 
their emergency response arsenal – a Garmin Virb camera system that 
attaches to their planes’ wing strut. The cameras capture ground images 
directly below, which allows officials to make much faster use of the 
images.

South Carolina Wing officials received three of the new cameras Thursday 
from CAP’s National Operations Center at Maxwell Air Force Base, 
Alabama. They were first used on damage assessment flights last night.

The camera systems and associated online tools to deliver these images 
were developed through tests with the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1st Air Force (AFNORTH) and 
Civil Air Patrol over the last year, said John Desmarais, CAP director 
of operations.

So far this week, Civil Air Patrol has provided 3,650 aerial photos of 
the South Carolina flood damage. Aircrews have made 110 flights, 
spending 202.9 hours in the sky above the state.

About 187 CAP members have worked in the air and on the ground in 
support of the flooding response.

Aircrews from South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland, Georgia and 
Virginia are flying under the direction of 1st Air Force at Tyndall Air 
Force Base, Florida. A total of 21 CAP planes have been deployed for the 
South Carolina mission.

Members of the public are invited to join CAP members in ranking the 
aerial photos; the crowdsourcing website is 
http://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/. The crowdsourcing process expedites 
emergency officials’ ability to identify critical infrastructure needs.

CAP is also conducting search and rescue flights. So far, CAP has 
directed emergency officials to numerous vehicles in distress, located 
two unsafe bridges that had no law enforcement or other barricades and 
flown over roads in and out of Georgetown to help state emergency 
management plan for evacuations.

**Media: See Mission Overview attachment**

//Civil Air Patrol, the longtime all-volunteer U.S. Air Force auxiliary, 
is the newest member of the Air Force’s Total Force, which consists of 
Regular Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, along with 
Air Force retired military and civilian employees. CAP, in its Total 
Force role, operates a fleet of 550 aircraft and performs about 85 
percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked 
by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and is credited by the AFRCC 
with saving an average of 70 lives annually. Civil Air Patrol’s 58,000 
members nationwide also perform homeland security, disaster relief and 
drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local 
agencies. Its Airmen additionally play a leading role in aerospace 
education and serve as mentors to more than 24,000 young people 
currently participating in the CAP cadet program. Civil Air Patrol 
received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2014 in honor of the heroic 
efforts of its World War II veterans. Congressionally chartered 74 years 
ago, the nonprofit organization also participates in Wreaths Across 
America, an initiative to remember, honor and teach about the sacrifices 
of U.S. military veterans. Visit www.capvolunteernow.com 
<http://www.capvolunteernow.com> for more information. //

**CAP contact:**
Maj. Brenda Reed
Middle East Region Public Information Officer
breed at mdcap.org <mailto:matt at matthamricklaw.com>
410-279-0292

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