The IAMSAR Manual provides guidelines for international cooperation on aeronautical and maritime search and rescue operations. It is jointly published by the International Maritime Organization and International Civil Aviation Organization. The manual contains three volumes that provide guidance on organizing SAR systems, coordinating SAR missions, and carrying out SAR operations from mobile response units. It aims to establish common standards and practices to facilitate efficient SAR services worldwide.
The IAMSAR Manual provides guidelines for international cooperation on aeronautical and maritime search and rescue operations. It is jointly published by the International Maritime Organization and International Civil Aviation Organization. The manual contains three volumes that provide guidance on organizing SAR systems, coordinating SAR missions, and carrying out SAR operations from mobile response units. It aims to establish common standards and practices to facilitate efficient SAR services worldwide.
The IAMSAR Manual provides guidelines for international cooperation on aeronautical and maritime search and rescue operations. It is jointly published by the International Maritime Organization and International Civil Aviation Organization. The manual contains three volumes that provide guidance on organizing SAR systems, coordinating SAR missions, and carrying out SAR operations from mobile response units. It aims to establish common standards and practices to facilitate efficient SAR services worldwide.
The IAMSAR Manual provides guidelines for international cooperation on aeronautical and maritime search and rescue operations. It is jointly published by the International Maritime Organization and International Civil Aviation Organization. The manual contains three volumes that provide guidance on organizing SAR systems, coordinating SAR missions, and carrying out SAR operations from mobile response units. It aims to establish common standards and practices to facilitate efficient SAR services worldwide.
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IAMSAR
IMO: IAMSAR Manual: International
aeronautical and maritime search and rescue manual
Jointly published by IMO and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
The three-volume IAMSAR Manual provides guidelines for a common aviation and maritime approach to organizing and providing search and rescue (SAR) services IAMSAR The IAMSAR Manual is divided into three volumes:
Volume I, Organization and Management It discusses the global SAR system concept, establishment and improvement of national and regional SAR systems and co-operation with neighbouring States to provide effective and economical SAR services
Volume II, Mission Co-ordination It assists personnel who plan and co- ordinate SAR operations and exercises
Volume III, Mobile Facilities This is intended to be carried aboard rescue units, aircraft and vessels to help with performance of a search, rescue or on-scene coordinator function, and with aspects of SAR that pertain to their own emergencies IAMSAR What is the purpose of IAMSAR?
It is there to provide guidance to those who:
Operate aircraft, vessels or other craft, and who may be called upon to use the facility to support SAR operations
May need to perform on-scene co-ordinator functions for multiple facilities in the vicinity of a distress situation
Experience actual or potential emergencies, and may require search and rescue (SAR) assistance IAMSAR What are the responsibilities and obligations to assist?
Traditions of the sea and various provisions of international law Based on humanitarian considerations and established international practice. Furthermore, specific obligations can be found in the following conventions:
Annex 12 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue Regulation V/33 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS 1974) National and Regional SAR System Organization
IAMSAR The SAR system has three general levels of co-ordination:
SAR co-ordinator (SC) SAR mission co-ordinator (SMC) On-scene co-ordinator (OSC) & SAR Coordinators IAMSAR Responsibilities of SAR Coordinator (SC)
Establishing, staffing, equipping and managing the SAR system Establishing RCC and rescue sub-centres (RSC) Providing or arranging for SAR facilities Co-ordinating SAR training Developing SAR policies SAR Mission Co-ordinator IAMSAR What is the role of SMC?
Gather information about distress situations Develop accurate and workable SAR action plans Dispatch and co-ordinate the resources to carry out SAR missions From obtaining and evaluating data on the emergency, to administering the search and making final reports IAMSAR Rendering assistance Vessels Assisting
Methods of Distress Notification: An alarm signal or a distress call from another vessel at sea, either directly or by relay. A distress call or message from aircraft. This usually occurs by relay from a CRS Alert sent from a vessel's alerting equipment and then relayed shore-to-ship Visual signals or sound signals from a nearby distressed craft IAMSAR Immediate action:
Acknowledge receipt of message. Gather the following information from the craft in distress if possible: Position of distressed craft Distressed craft's identity, call sign, and name Number of POB Nature of the distress or casualty Type of assistance required Number of victims, if any Distressed craft's course and speed Type of craft, and cargo carried Any other pertinent information that might facilitate the rescue IAMSAR On-Board Preparation
Life-saving and rescue equipment: Signalling equipment Preparations for medical assistance, including: Miscellaneous equipment IAMSAR Vessels Not Assisting
What are the factors should the Master consider in the decision not to assist?
The action thereafter to include:
Make an appropriate entry in the ship's log-book If the master had previously acknowledged and responded to the alert, report the decision not to proceed to the SAR service concerned IAMSAR Preparation of the plan
Responsibility SMC but sometimes the OSC may have to develop it and the ship can become the OSC
Factors to consider include:
Risk to SAR personnel Number, location and disposition of the survivors Condition of survivors and medical considerations Current meteorological conditions Current sea conditions, as appropriate Time of day Survival equipment on hand IAMSAR Factors to consider:
Positioning of landing or pick-up areas Safety Preparations Other Considerations Rig scramble nets Launch lifeboats Launch life-rafts Have crew members suitably equipped to enter the water to assist survivors Be prepared to provide initial medical treatment Use of oil on the sea IAMSAR De-briefing of survivors the questions to ask?
Medical profile of survivors information to be passed to attending medical practitioners, through the SC
IAMSAR Planning the search
Establishment of Datum How do you find the datum position? The method to plot the search area:
Draw a circle centred on datum with radius R Using tangents to the circle, form a square as shown in the attached figure If several facilities will be searching at the same time, divide the square into sub-areas of the appropriate size and assign search facilities accordingly IAMSAR Search Patterns
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