NR 13.363 – December 19, 2013
More than 80 members of the Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) returned to CFB Trenton, Ontario, today after the completion of their 40-day deployment to the Philippines to provide humanitarian assistance following Typhoon Haiyan.
The DART, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) contribution to the Government of Canada relief efforts in the Philippines, began arriving in Iloilo, Philippines, on November 13. The DART’s more than 315 personnel were able to offer immediate assistance to Filipinos by providing water purification services, delivering food, clearing roads and supplying basic medical care to thousands of patients until local authorities and other international partners and agencies were able to contribute to their long term needs.
The DART is a self sufficient, scalable military capability ready to deploy quickly to conduct emergency relief operations as a part of the whole of government response. It is one component of Canada’s toolkit to respond to natural disasters abroad.
As of 16 December 2013, CAF members in the Philippines have:
- produced approximately 493,346 litres of purified water for distribution;
- treated 6,525 medical patients;
- delivered approximately 230,485 pounds of food and 10,325 pounds of shelter and building materials on behalf of non-governmental organizations;
- delivered approximately 59,536 pounds of humanitarian assistance goods on behalf of local authorities;
- cleared 131 km of roads; and
- flown 184 CH-146 Griffon sorties.
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