SAR Addendum Flashcards
What’s the primary planning tool for SAR?
Search And Rescue Optimal Planning System (SAROPS)
What the SARADD mission and purpose?
To prevent death or injury to persons and loss or damage or property in the marine environment
Missions shall NOT normally be performed for the purpose of salvaging or recovery of property when those actions are NOT essential to the
Saving of life
The statutory authority for the USCG to conduct SAR missions is contained in
Title 14, sections 2, 88 and 141 of the U.S. code
SAR Publications
The National Search and Rescue Plan
The International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue (IAMSAR) manual
The United States National Search and Rescue Supplement (NSS) to the IAMSAR
Who performs the functions of the SAR Program manager?
Coast Guard HQ Office of Search and Rescue (CG-534)
What tools are approved for search planning?
SAROPS and manual solution work sheets with manual plotting
How long does SMC have to determine appropriate initial action of a distress incident?
5 minutes
What are the 2 Rescue Sub-Centers?
Sector San Juan under Rescue Coordination Center Miami
Sector Guam under Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu
Where shall decisions to shift or not shift the SMC in all cases be documented?
MISLE
Incidents that require the SMC to be at the District level or above?
ELT, EPIRB, HF-DSC and Inmarsat alerts
When search planning by a Sector extends beyond __ hours shall be evaluated by the ____
36
District
What’s the SAR Addendum instruction number
COMMANDANT INSTRUCTIONS M16130.2E
The CGADD is a publication complementing what?
The NSS and IAMSAR for SAR operations
The Coast Guard may use its resources to assist other ___ and ___ entities
Federal
State
Coast Guard units with a SAR readiness responsibility shall maintain __
A suitable SAR resource shall be ready to proceed within __ of notification of a distress
B-0
30 minutes
AMVER accessibility shall reside at the __
And will NOT be delegated to the __
District/Area level
Sector level
When boundary or location ambiguities exist, the unit recieving the initial notification shall __
And take
Assumed SMC
Immediate action
Identify Hazards
P.E.A.C.E
Planning Event Assest Selection Communications Environment
Identify Options
S.T.A.A.R Spread out Transfer Accept Avoid Reduce
GAR
Green- low risk 1-23
Amber- moderate risk 24-44
Red- high risk 45-60
A mission briefings shall be conducted among the crew of all SRU’s ___
Prior to launching
Heavy weather is defined as seas, swells and wind conditions combined to exceed __ or winds exceeding __
8ft
30kts
The ___ shall be the one to inform the family that active searching has been suspended
Sector Commander
All RCCs/Command centers shall maintain a current __
SARFAC search and rescue facility listing
For all cases where the CG is alerted to a distress incident for DOD forces the ___ shall be notified
AFRCC Air Force Rescue Coordination Center
A ___ must provide the CG the medical advice to be transmitted
Qualified doctor
All shore based units that receive a DSC distress shall ___ within __
Acknowledge the distress alert or distress relay
2.75 minutes of receipt
Afloat units must wait __ to allow shore units to respond
5 minutes
DSC guard Frequencies
Sectors equipped with VHF-FM shall guard 157.5mhz channel 70
Underway boats equipped with HF/MF shall guard 2187.5khz or voice on 2182khz
DSC audio alarms shall be considered the equivalent of a __
Mayday
The UMIB shall be broadcast for at least __ at __
1 hour
15 intervals
If the aircraft commander fails to check in on the __ or __ frequency within __ the guarding station shall initiate an alert. The parent command shall be notified __
Primary/secondary
5 minutes
First
SAR Transponder range of air is __ and surface is __
40 nm
10 nm
What is SART
Search and rescue transponder, for locating survival craft
After acknowledging a DSC alert, each recieving unit shall monitor the voice freq for __
At least 10 mins or until comms are established by the CG
Who is the default level for SMC for all HF DSC distress calls
Areas (shall be)
Who shall be the default level for SMC for all MF distress calls?
District
Who shall be the default level for SMC for all VHF-FM distress calls?
Sectors
DSC initiated distress calls shall be immediately placed in the __
Emergency phase
DSC alarms shall be considered the equivalent of a __
Mayday call with the same level of response
When to issue a UMIB __
uncorrelated MAYDAY calls DSC distress calls Flare sightings Overdue vessels When deemed by SMC
What are the 3 emergency phases that determines the action to be taken?
Uncertainty
Alert
Distress
Surface Picture (surpic) can generate a point up to __ or a point up to __
30 days in the past
14 days in the future
The 3 types of SURPIC are __
Radius
Rectangle
Trackline or snapshot
When the search object is not located the default response for the SRU is to search with a average of __
1.0 unless otherwise directed by the SMC
For surface SRU’s usually an __ is performed
SS expanding search square
For helicopter SRU’s an __ is usually performed
VS victor seirra search
When practical the first leg of the search is normally in the direction of ___ or
Search object drift
The right
The track spacing for PIW is __
0.1 nm
__ and __ flares and __ are recognized as marine and aviation emergency signals and shall be treated as a distress
Red/orange
Pyrotechnics
To close or suspend red or orange flare cases a __ is required
First light search
406 EPIRB E solution
Digital encoded GPS position
SLDMB’s are operational for __ after deployment
14 to 30 days
SLDMB will be transmitting within __ of deployment/ activation
30 to 90 minutes
Water depth for a SLDMB should be __
10 ft or greater
MH 65 characteristics
Max endurance 3+30 hours
Cruise speed 125 KTAS
Max range 375 nm
MH60 characteristics
Max endurance 6 hours
Cruise speed 125 ktas
Max range 400 nm
Rescue and surface swimmer shall not enter __ or __ objects
Capsized
Submerged
Rescue swimmers shall not conduct __ operations
Diving
Recommendation for MEDEVAC aircraft is to transport __
1000 feet or below
MISLE shall be opened when the CG expends at least __ of effort
30 minutes
Units shall open new MISLE no later than __ after notification
1 hour
Open cases shall be validated by __
the off going watch ( 8 or 12 hours)
What are the 3 incident classifications?
Minor- probable false alerts, assistance to lives or property, comms schedule
Medium
Major- loss of life property, life saved property saved or unaccounted for lives or property. The use of SAROPS to calculate a drifted datum. High media or political interest. When SMC is shifted to the next higher level
Before SAROPS can be used the __ must be initiated
CMF
If the simulator is re-run, the __ must also be re-run
Planner
LKP Scenario
Last known position
When you have position and time of distress
SAROPS automatically computes the search endurance as __
85%
SAROPS SRU track spacing default
Cutter .05 nm
Boat 0.1 nm
Helo 0.1 nm
Fixed wing 1.0 nm
Probability of Success (POS) depends of 2 factors
1- the object is in the area searched
2- detecting thaf object if present
Trackline Pattern
When the intended route of the search object is known
Parallel Pattern
For large search areas for uniform coverage. When you only approximate initial position.
Square Pattern
Used to search a small area when some doubt exists about distress position
Creeping Line Pattern
Parallel pattern where the direction of creep is along the major axis
