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  2. Search and rescue - Wikipedia

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    These include mountain rescue; ground search and rescue, including the use of search and rescue dogs (such as K9 units); urban search and rescue in cities; combat search and rescue on the battlefield and air-sea rescue over water. International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) is a UN organisation that promotes the exchange of ...

  3. International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue ...

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    The International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue ( IAMSAR) Manual is a manual for organization and operation of maritime and aviation search and rescue. The IAMSAR Handbook is jointly published by two UN agencies: It contains guidelines for Search and Rescue in terms of shipping and aviation. The purpose of a common manual is to ...

  4. International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue

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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]

  5. International distress frequency - Wikipedia

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    121.5 MHz is the civilian aircraft emergency frequency or International Air Distress frequency. It is used by some civilian emergency locator beacons; however, the Cospas-Sarsat system no longer monitors the frequency. 243 MHz for NATO military aircraft emergency frequencies. 406 MHz to 406.1 MHz is used by the Cospas-Sarsat international ...

  6. Global Maritime Distress and Safety System - Wikipedia

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    The detection range between these devices and ships, dependent upon the height of the ship's radar mast and the height of the Search and Rescue Locating device, is normally about 15 km (8 nautical miles). Once detected by radar, the Search and Rescue Locating device will produce a visual and aural indication to the persons in distress.

  7. Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon - Wikipedia

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    RCCs are responsible for a geographic area, known as a "search-and-rescue region of responsibility" (SRR). SRRs are designated by the International Maritime Organization and the International Civil Aviation Organization. RCCs are operated unilaterally by personnel of a single military service (e.g. an air force, or a navy) or a single civilian ...

  8. International Search and Rescue Advisory Group - Wikipedia

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    The International Search and Rescue Advisory Group ( INSARAG) is a network of disaster-prone and disaster-responding countries and organizations dedicated to urban search and rescue (USAR) and operational field coordination. It aims to establish standards and classification for international USAR teams as well as a methodology for international ...

  9. International Cospas-Sarsat Programme - Wikipedia

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    The International Cospas-Sarsat Programme is a satellite -aided search and rescue (SAR) initiative. It is organized as a treaty -based, nonprofit, intergovernmental, humanitarian cooperative of 45 nations and agencies (see infobox). [2] It is dedicated to detecting and locating emergency locator radio beacons activated by persons, aircraft or ...