SEARCH AND RESCUE

Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre

Awareness and Initial Actions

National SAR System

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Victoria Search and Rescue Region and Adjoining Search and Rescue Regions

JRCC Controller Duties and Responsibilities

• Requests for assistance can come from anywhere, similar to 911

• Investigate, evaluate and consider the facts and circumstances to determine a course of action to resolve the incident

• Detect and dispatch, matching the tasking at hand to a suitable and available resource

Incident Classification• Marine Incident

– Original vehicle operates on water• Air incident

– Involves manned aircraft regardless of where aircraft came to rest

• Humanitarian– Medivacs, missing persons, civilian assistance,

enforcement

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Communications

Getting the Call

• Telephone, Pager, Radio• JRCC

– 1-800-567-5111• MCTS

– VHF 16, *16• 911

Getting the info

• Checklists• Initial tasking information

Awareness

Searching Rescue Operations

Mission Wrap-up

Initial Actions

Stages of an Incident

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Resources

SAR Vessel CapabilitiesAll SAR marine resources must be capable of:

•Incident detection & search capability•Survivor Recovery•Firefighting•Towing•Salvage & damage control

To what extent they can carry out these tasks is a function of their size and crew training.

Type 600/1050 - Narwhal, John Tully

•Large SAR cutter/high endurance

•All weather patrol

•Offshore operations

SAR Vessel Characteristics

Type 500 - Gordon Reid, Tanu

•Intermediate SAR cutter/medium endurance•Moderate weather patrol•Close offshore operations

SAR Vessel Characteristics

CG Gordon Reid

Type 400 - Arrow Post, Pt. Henry

•Small Cutter/station mode•Medium range/moderate speed•Semi sheltered waters operations

SAR Vessel Characteristics

CG Cutter Point Race

Hovercraft

SAR Vessel Characteristics

Air Cushion Vehicle

Air Cushion Vehicle

47 foot Lifeboat

753 Rigid Hull Inflatable

Cormorant Helicopter

Buffalo Aircraft

Aurora Maritime Patrol Aircraft

Sea King with Canadian Frigates

Personnel

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Search Planning and Operations

Creeping Line SearchUsed when search object is more likely

to be at one end of search area than the other

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Parallel Track SearchUsed when search object could be anywhere in

search area

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Search Unit passes repeatedly through datum.

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each turn is 120 degrees1 TS

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Sector SearchUsed when there is a high likelihood that search object

is at datum.

Expanding Square SearchUsed when there is a high likelihood that search object

is at datum.=Datum

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Each turn is90 degrees.

•Align search legs with cardinal points•Carry two DMB’s

Barrier SearchUsed in areas of rapid current, usually a river or

confined space.

Current

Search Area

•Pick landmarks to steer on.•SRU must be angled to stem current•OSC usually takes this search if it’s a multi-unit search•Main search areas upcurrent

Shoreline SearchA favourite for RHI’s

Surge Channel

Sandy Beach

Boulder Beach

Driftwood/Log Beach

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•SRU must stay within beam sighting• distance of beach.•All possibilities must be investigated.•Safety of walking Search Units

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Rescue Planning and Operations

What is Risk Management?

• A process by which we can maintain an acceptable level of safety during the operation

• Safety– The identification and control of risk

• Risk Management– The identification and control of risk, according to

a set of preconceived parameters

Stop Stop outside of the event zone (100 feet in most marine situations).Assess Everybody observes, being careful to only discuss their observations and not plans.Plan Everybody gets input on the plan but the leader has the last say. The leader assigns tasks and clarifies each team member’s role. When everyone acknowledges the plan, the team can approach.

Mission Analysis

• organize team to meet mission objectives• allocate resources to critical tasks• monitor teams and environment, and adjust

resources as necessary

Mission Analysis

– define tasks– verify data– discuss objectives– assess risk: safety risks, evaluate loss

potential– assemble plan– critique plan

Severity

• The potential loss from unplanned events– Injury, occupational illness or death– Equipment damage– Mission degradation– Reduced moral– Adverse publicity– Administrative and/or disciplinary actions

Operational Risk Assessment

Deploy Resources

Briefing Getting Underway

Harbour Transit Piloting Mission

Operations

Risk Risk assessed assessed for transit for transit and and missionmission

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Reassess Reassess transit and transit and Mission Mission RisksRisks

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