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Part VII
SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) SERVICES
PROVISION OF SAR
1. Planning for search and rescue services should be
based to the maximum practicable extent on existing
services and facilities even if these are not provided
primarily for search and rescue purposes, in order to obtain
a reasonable cost-effectiveness relationship in maintaining
these services and facilities in the required state of
readiness.
[Annex 12, 3.2.1, SAR/M, 2.5, 3.2.1]
2. In addition, arrangements should be made to
permit a call on any national services likely to be able to
render assistance on an ad hoc basis, in those cases when
the scope of SAR operations requires such assistance.
[SAR/M, 3.2.1]
3. Plans should be drawn up to activate and
coordinate all available emergency services, including
medical care facilities, in the event of an aircraft accident
involving a large number of survivors.
COOPERATION BETWEEN
SAR SERVICES
4. States should conclude agreements regarding
co-operation of their SAR services in border areas and,
more especially, over the high seas and in inhospitable
areas (deserts, mountainous areas) where speediest possible
action is essential to the success of SAR operations.
[Annex 12, 3.1, SAR/M, 3.1]
5. Each State should designate a single SAR Point of
Contact (SPOC) to facilitate cooperation with the
associated mission control centre (MCC) of the
COSPAS/SARSAT system in order to ensure the timely
distribution of distress data.
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Note 1.— A SPOC may be an aeronautical or a
maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (RCC).
Note 2.— COSPAS = Space System for Search of
Vessels in Distress; SARSAT = Search and Rescue
Satellite-aided Tracking.
SEARCH AND RESCUE FACILITIES
6. Having regard to the increased size and passenger
capacity of modern aircraft, States should ensure that the
capabilities of their SAR facilities, including those that are
part of inter-State agreements in maritime areas, are kept
under constant review.
[Annex 12, 2.6.1]
7. SAR facilities should be so located that they can be
activated with the least possible delay. In meeting this
requirement the availability of search aircraft on a
redeployment basis is acceptable.
8. Minimum requirements should, whenever possible,
be supplemented by any additional facilities.
[Annex 12, 2.5]
PROVISIONS FOR SPECIFIC
FLIGHT OPERATIONS
9. Where necessary, States should make appropriate
arrangements, in cooperation with each other if required, to
ensure that flight operations that, due to their nature,
present particular problems in the field of SAR, are
adequately covered (e.g. helicopter operations over the high
seas).