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National Search And Rescue Committee
The National Search and Rescue Committee is a federal-level committee formed to coordinate civil search and rescue (SAR) matters of interagency interest within the United States.
Suite 3106 *
2100 2nd Street SW * Washington DC 20593-0001
Phone: (202) 372-2090 * Facsimile: (202) 372-2912 *
Email NSARC Secretariat
here
NSARC Member Agencies
| DOD | Department of Defense Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD); Defense POW/MISSING Personnel Office |
U. S. Air
Force USAF Rescue Coordination Center |
|---|---|---|
| DOC |
Department of Commerce | National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration |
| DOT | Department of Transportation | |
| DOI | Department of Interior | National Park
Service U.S. Geological Survey |
| DHS | Dept of Homeland Security Assistant Commandant for Response Policy / Office of Search and Rescue |
U. S. Coast Guard USCG Search and Rescue Program FEMA Urban Search and Rescue |
| FCC | Federal Communications Commission | |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NASA SAR Mission Home Page |
NSARC Activities
- NSARC Meeting Minutes
- NSARC Commercial Emergency Notification and Locating Device (CENALD) Working Group
United States SAR Publications
U.S. National Search and
Rescue Committee (NSARC) Interagency Agreement - 2007
National Search and Rescue Plan of the United States - 2007
U.S. National Search and Rescue Supplement to the IAMSAR Manual
Catastrophic
Incident SAR
National Response Framework Overview
National Response Framework
Emergency Support Function #9
Catastrophic Incident Annex
Catastrophic Incident SAR Addendum
National Incident Management System (NIMS)
USCG Incident Management Handbook
National Interoperability Field Operations Guide
National Preparedness System (November, 2011)
Mass
Rescue Operations
Coast Guard Passenger Vessel Safety Program
USCG MRO Planning Guidance
National SAR Supplement on Mass Rescue Operations
International Maritime Organization (IMO) Guidance Documents
Alaska Maritime Mass Rescue Operations Job Aids
Guide to Recovery Techniques
Maritime SAR
U.S. Coast Guard Addendum to the United States National SAR
Supplement
Land
SAR
Land SAR Addendum **NEW**
"A Simple Guide to Conducting Ground Search and Rescue
Detection Experiments (VOL I)"
"A Simple Guide to Conducting Ground Search and Rescue
Detection Experiments (VOL II)"
"Integrated Detection Experiment Assistant"
"Sweep Width Estimation for Ground Search and Rescue"
"Compatibility of Land SAR Procedures with Search Theory"
"A Method of Determining Effective Sweep Widths for Land Searches; Procedures for Conducting
Detection Experiments"
"Australian Land SAR Manual"
Good Samaritan Laws for Every State
International SAR
Australian National Search and Rescue Manual
IMO's Global SAR Plan
Rescue at Sea: A guide to principles and practices as applied
to migrants and refugees
United Kingdom, Department of Transport, Maritime and
Coastguard Agency, Search and Rescue
Canadian National Search and Rescue Manual
Irish Coast Guard, Irish National Maritime Search and Rescue
(SAR) Framework
Other Information
- SAR Magazines
- Civil Air Patrol Organization and Capabilities PowerPoint Presentation
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- DOD Directives on Civil SAR
- FEMA
- Correspondence Work Group (Access Restricted)
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