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SAR Facts, Reports, Presentations & Info Sheets
Follow the following links to presentations, forms, documents, and historical reports.
Presentations
- Digital Select Calling (DSC) Radios & Your MMSI--Aug 2008
- Aircraft Ditching and Water Survival Presentation--Jul 2008
- Search and Rescue is No Joke! - About Hoax Distress Calls
- If you See A Flare...
Brochures and Forms
- EPIRB Fact Sheet
- Digital Select Calling (DSC) Fact Sheet
- DSC Brochure
- MMSI Brochure
- Float Plan
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Reports
- USCG SAR Statistics
- Land Search and Search
Theory Report:
"Compatibility of Land SAR Procedures with Search Theory" Dec 2003 - Land Search Sweep
Widths Report:
"A Method for Determining Effective Sweep Widths for Land Searches" Sep 2002 - Land SAR Sweep Width
Report:
"Sweep Width Estimation for Ground Search and Rescue"
SAR Responder Risk Management
- Operational Risk Management,
Commandant Instruction 3500.3, 23 Nov 1999
This instruction standardizes the Coast Guard's Operational Risk Management (ORM) policy and outlines procedures and responsibilities to implement it. - Team Coordination Training
- Risk Management in
Search and Rescue: Presentation given at SARSCENE in 2007
Last Modified 9/9/2008