Meritorious Service Medal
Awarded on: 2005-11-21
Invested on: 2006-04-28
John T. Chaffey, M.S.M., Kanata, Ontario
Meritorious Service Medal (civil division)
A leading advocate of ground search and rescue (SAR), John Chaffey has greatly contributed to the development of this field nationwide. Promoter of the establishment of the National Ground Search and Rescue Council in 1997, he succeeded in bringing together all the provinces and territories to elaborate and implement national standards for training. Mr. Chaffey is also credited with the establishment of funding programs for volunteer ground search and rescue development, the creation of the SARSCENE annual workshop, as well as the organization of the SARSCENE Games, at which Canadian and international teams compete in a series of search and rescue skills competitions.