Xort Xort:
Why are our rescue aircraft not equipped for night time operations?
Depending on what tech you want to use the light bulb has been around for 200ish years, thermal imaging from 1913, and low light amplification from 1939.
A modern thermal imager with or without bi processing low light amplification can deliver an image good enough to make out faces.
It's dark we can't fly is BS.
The helicopters have everything they need to conduct nighttime operations, as do the rescue personal, the problem lies with the rules and regulations laid down by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. The only organization certified for nighttime operations, as far as I know, is the 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron based at CFB Comox.