JQR Notes Flashcards
What are the three emergency phases?
Uncertainty - knowledge of a situation that requires more information; no movement of resources required.
Alert- Something may be wrong, but does not quite reach the threshold
Distress- Current or certain danger to life at sea
What are the SAR program goals?
Minimize loss of life, injury, and property loss and damage in the maritime environment;
Minimize crew risk during SAR missions;
Optimize use of resources in conducting SAR;
Maintain a world leadership position in maritime SAR.
List SAR Program standards.
SAR readiness
Mission Response
National Distress and Response System
Basic SAR Training
SAR Command and Control REsponsiveness
Employment of approved search planning methodologies
AMVER System
SAR unit training and professionalism
What is the response standard?
- 30 minutes, arrive within 2 hours by land or sea.
When should a unit assume and designate an SMC?
- Based on AORs
- Delegate at the lowest level possible
- District SMC required:
- ELT, EPIRB, HF-DSC, Immarsat Alerts
- Spans multiple Sectors
- Conversation should be had when Sector exceeds 36 hours.
When should SMC pass to another authority?
- When the other RCC is in a better position to handle the case.
What role does SMC play in the ICS structure?
- SAR Branch Director, OR
- SAR Sector Supervisor under the OPS section chief.
What is SMC’s role when assisting DOD facilities with SAR?
- SMC should be agreed upon between the DOD and the CG
- Search efforts should not be delayed when determining SMC.
How does Assistance Entry affect SAR?
- Law of Sea Convention, which the U.S. is not privy to, states that it is the responsibility of mariners to provide assistance to those in peril, regardless of its occurrence in state waters.
- Assistance efforts are consistent with Innocent Passage.
- Must also balance country Sovereignty.
What is optimal search effort?
- Finding the search area to cover with the available efforts so that POS is maximized.
- Increasing the probability of containment will decrease the probability of detection(reduction in coverage factor, etc).
What is the importance and limitations of the DMB/SLBMB?
- DMBs require aircraft or marine assets to relocate and take away from the search efforts
- SLDMBs are satellite-based and built toward EDS products.
What is the total water current?
- Vector sum of all currents affecting the search object.
- Usually obtained from one or more DMBs
What is Leeway?
- Movement through the water caused by winds.
- Greater sail areas contribute to this force.
What is the significance of search endurance?
- 85 percent of on scene endurance, 15 percent for identifying objects.
- Based on assets’ ability to transit to and from its place of origin.
What is the significance of SRU ground speed?
- Increased speed may affect endurance and negatively affect POD because of decreasing sweep width.
