National Search and Rescue School

Today marks the inaugural Global Search and Rescue Day, honoring the Mission Control Center and Rescue Coordination Center professionals who have stood watch since the first satellite-aided rescue on Sept. 10, 1982. Every day, they turn satellite detections of beacon distress signals into saved lives, one distress call at a time. 📡

In March, US Coast Guard Sector Key West watchstanders received two personal locator beacon alerts on the same night and swiftly located both individuals in distress thanks to their diligence, communication skills and the registered and activated PLBs they carried.

To all MCC, RCC, and USCG watchstanders: thank you for standing the watch and saving lives. 🫡

Nice description of a PJ blue water deployment by our California ANG sister wing . Cool idea about the RAMB parachute deployable assault boat.

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-pararescue-jump-costa-rica-pacific-ocean/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFxk0pleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXi0gjjRQObN4-IY-2jtXwchYYBU5v1OGRI0Jbd6es8U9kBeMeJsPKqutQ_aem_UxX8AkYFJL6oypgw_faLEQ

Inside an Air Force Pararescue mission in the middle of the Pacific Ocean An inside account of how Air Force pararescue jumped into the middle of the Pacific Ocean to reach an injured sailor.

That others may live. AF Rescue has a very long reach due to it’s helicopter refueling capability as well as PJ’s and Combat Rescue Officers who are MD’s.

920th RQW successfully conducts civilian medical airlift 350 miles off coast of United Sta The 920th Rescue Wing successfully conducted a civilian medical airlift operation of a critical patient aboard a cruise ship located more than 350-nautical-miles off the eastern coast of the United

Search and Rescue (SAR) Professionals from the Bay area completed an intensive 4-day Coordination and Ex*****on course on Coast Guard Island, Alameda with instructors from the National Search and Rescue School.

Participants from various agencies learned about search patterns, flare incidents, communications, rescue planning, and On-Scene Coordinator duties.

US Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento
U. S. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
Alameda Fire Department
Tiburon Fire Protection District
Solano County Sheriff's Office
U.S. Coast Guard Office of Emergency Management & Disaster Response

Here’s info on the Inland Search Planning Course, how and when it’s conducted, and how to apply to attend through your home agency.

Hope it answers a number of questions.

Inland Search and Rescue (SAR) Course The five (5) day Inland SAR Planning Course is a comprehensive, "graduate-level" look at search theory and its application to land and air searches for missing persons and aircraft, focusing on wilderness, not urban, searches. The course consists of classroom lessons and practical, tabletop exercise...

Don’t Enable That Nameless Drifter Today, bright orange “If Found” stickers are available through local Coast Guard Auxiliary flotillas, United States Power Squadrons offices, kayak and canoe shops and websites, harbor masters, and commercial sources such as Amazon.