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The International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR Convention) is a maritime safety convention of the International Maritime Organization. [1] [2] It entered into force on 22 June 1985. [1] [3] The convention forms part of the legal framework covering Search and rescue at sea. [4] The SAR Convention was adopted on 27 April 1979.
The United States' National Search and Rescue Supplement was written as a supplement to the IAMSAR, and together they constitute the U.S.'s National Search and Rescue Plan. [4] The United States Coast Guard also publishes an addendum to the supplement [5] which is referenced several times in the USCG's Radiotelephone Handbook. [6]
The Arctic Search and Rescue Agreement (formally the Agreement on Cooperation on Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue in the Arctic) is an international treaty concluded among the member states of the Arctic Council — Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States — on 12 May 2011 in Nuuk, Greenland.
The Plan makes the US Coast Guard responsible for maritime search and rescue, while inland SAR is the responsibility of the Air Force. Both have Rescue Coordination Centers to coordinate this effort, and also cooperatively operate Joint Rescue Coordination Centers where appropriate.
The International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) is an international non-governmental organisation that supports search and rescue (SAR) organisations with the development and improvement of maritime SAR capacity. This is done by providing guidance, facilitating training and enabling SAR providers to share knowledge and expertise between ...
A Canadian Forces AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant helicopter hoists a man from a Canadian Coast Guard ship A SAR cruiser of the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service. Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.
In 1974, a national maritime search and rescue work conference was held in Qingdao. The meeting decided that the Ministry of Transport would establish two new maritime security headquarters in Yantai and Guangzhou. The Guangzhou Maritime Rescue and Salvage Bureau (the former Third Engineering Team of China People's Salvage Company) was created ...
CROSS Griz-Nez surveys maritime traffic in the Traffic Separation Scheme of the Strait of Dover (Pas-de-Calais). [5] It is the point of entry for foreign search and rescue centers, cooperating with the MRCC within the framework of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS).