Memorandum of Understanding between American Red Cross and Civil Air Patrol (CAP) George Sullivan, Director-CPRS, Deputy RDO, CO & WY

Outline  Background of CAP  Methods of Cooperation  General Agreements  Periodic Review  Term and Termination  Attachment A: Organization Contacts  Attachment B: CAP Missions and Pilot Limitations  Attachment AF: Air Force Assigned Missions  Q and A 2

Background  CAP was incorporated under a Special Act of Congress approved July 1, 1946, Public Law 476, 79th Congress.  CAP is designated as the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force under 10 USC 9441  Designates CAP and its members as instrumentalities of the US while performing U.S. Air Force noncombat missions. 3

Background (cont.)  In addition, CAP is a private, nonprofit corporation chartered under a Special Act of Congress, 36 USC  Status: volunteer civilian auxiliary of the USAF  Headquarters at Maxwell Air Force Base, AL 4

Background (cont.)  CAP is chartered to encourage and aid American citizens in the contribution of their effort and services and resources in the development of aviation and in the maintenance of aerospace supremacy; encourage and develop, by example, the voluntary contribution of private citizens to the public welfare; provide aviation education and training, especially to its senior and cadet members; encourage and foster civil aviation in local communities; and provide an organization of private citizens and adequate facilities to assist in meeting local and national emergencies. 5

Methods of Cooperation  A.Communication between Organizations 6

Engagement at the Local Level  CAP will encourage its regions to engage in discussions with DDSRDs to support and promote CAP wings to develop plans with Red Cross chapters/regions for local response to disasters and emergencies.  The Red Cross will encourage its DDSRDs to engage in discussions with CAP regions to support and promote its chapters/regions to develop plans with CAP wings for local response or disaster relief operations.  To locate a CAP unit/squadron, go to “Find a squadron near you.” 7

Disaster Response and Recovery  CAP regions and wings and the Red Cross divisions engage in collaborative discussions in the following areas:  Pre-disaster planning  CAP Manpower: Shelters, Feeding, Bulk Dist  CAP Health, Mental Health, and CAP Chaplains  CAP Logistical Support  CAP Facility Use  Joint exercises and drills 8

Disaster Response and Recovery  Collaborative discussions cont.:  CAP Damage Assessment (Air, Ground visual/photo)  CAP air and ground transportation  CAP communications support (people/Equip)  Disaster preparedness, response and recovery planning  Development of a knowledge base of expertise, experience and capabilities of each organization 9

Reimbursable Expenses  Requests for mission support for disasters or other emergencies may or may not be funded.  CAP may choose to support the Red Cross with its own resources  Red Cross can choose to support CAP with its own resources  Prior to initiating mission response activities, the determination needs to be made what each organization will be responsible for funding 10

Members Supporting Both Organizations  Volunteers can affiliate with only one organization on a relief operation at a time.  They cannot participate in activities for both organizations to provide services. 11

Other Cooperative Actions  The Red Cross and CAP will actively seek to determine other areas or services within their respective organizations where cooperation and support will be beneficial to survivors of disasters and, where appropriate, to amend this MOU accordingly to include those additional areas or services. 12

CAP Mission Capabilities & Limits  Capabilities  Operations  Aerial: recon for Search and Rescue, DA or environmental surveys, communications support, and *airlift  Other support: manual labor, radio communications, and ground teams 13

CAP Mission Capabilities & Limits  Limitations  Priority of Missions: USAF may withdraw CAP when necessary for higher priority missions  Priority Order  1 - USAF  2 - Other DoD departments and authorities  3 - Other Federal departments and authorities  4 -State agencies  5 - Local agencies 14

CAP Mission Capabilities & Limits  Limitations  Law  Federal Aviation Regulations (See CAP mission and pilot limitations)  Risk Management:  CAP is made up of non-paid volunteers  CAP may decline missions at any time 15

Emergencies  For emergency missions in which:  a) life or property are in imminent peril and  b) local resources are inadequate  Refer to Attachment AF for requesting procedures 16

Requesting Missions – In General  Any and all missions requests may be submitted to the National Operations Center (NOC) at or  Corporate missions  Air and Ground Search and Rescue  Mercy Missions 17

Requesting Missions – In General  Corporate missions  Disaster Mitigation and Relief (DR) Operations  DR Training Missions  Aerial Recon of Ground Conditions and Surface Traffic for Red Cross  Red Cross Crewmembers  Transport of cargo and passengers  Human Organs, Tissues and Medical Supplies  Red Cross Officials/Other non-CAP passengers 18

Command, Control, Coordination and Cooperation  Command and Control over all CAP resources and personnel resides with CAP at all times  CAP operates in a Mutual consent partnership  Disaster Relief Training 19

Reimbursement  Reimbursement for Corporate Missions  Civil Air Patrol Regulation  Restrictions on Billing  CAP may not dual bill 20

Liabilities: Insurance, Workers Comp, etc.,  CAP Protections  Protected by liability Insurance policies  No Federal Protections in corporate status 21

Air Force Provisions  This MOU is between CAP Corporation and Red Cross  Not with CAP as Air Force Auxiliary  The USAF has priority on the use of CAP equipment bought with appropriate funds  CAP Volunteers flying missions under this MOU (CAP Corp Status) are not eligible for federal protections 22

Air Force Provisions  No Air Force Assigned Missions will be assigned under this MOU  No missions flown under this MOU will be reimbursed by the federal government 23

General  Trademarks  Public Affairs  MOU distribution  Prior writing commitment for any shared expenses. 24

Periodic Review  Annually, on or around the anniversary date of the MOU CAP and Red Cross  Jointly evaluate the progress in implementing the MOU  Revise and develop new plans or goals 25

Term and Termination  The MOU is effective as of Aug 15, 2014  Expires Aug 15, 2019  Six month prior to expiration the MOU will be reviewed by NHQ 26

Miscellaneous  This MOU  Does not create a financial joint venture  Non-binding 27

Attachment A: Org Contact Information  Primary Points of Contacts  Red Cross Relationship Manager: Amy Mintz  CAP Relationship Manager: John Desmarais  Red Cross Division Contacts: DDSRDs  CAP Region Contacts: Region Emergency Service Officers  Lt Col Paul Spencer: AZ, AR, NM, OK, and TX  Lt Col Richard Schein: CO, UT, and WY  Maj Richard Ouellette: NV 28

Attachment B: CAP Missions and Pilot Limitations 29

Attachment AF: Air Force Assigned Missions 30

Conclusion  Background of CAP  Methods of Cooperation  General Agreements  Periodic Review  Term and Termination  Attachment A: Organization Contacts  Attachment B: CAP Missions and Pilot Limitations  Attachment AF: Air Force Assigned Missions  Questions? 31