National Search and Rescue Plan of the United States

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The National Search and Rescue Plan of the United States is a federal framework that coordinates civil search and rescue operations across U.S. agencies, defining responsibilities, procedures, and resource use for responding to distress incidents on land and at sea.

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instanceOf federal interagency plan
national search and rescue plan
alsoKnownAs National Search and Rescue Plan NERFINISHED
appliesTo aeronautical search and rescue operations
civil search and rescue operations
distress incidents in the United States search and rescue region
land search and rescue operations
maritime search and rescue operations
basedOn Convention on International Civil Aviation NERFINISHED
International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue NERFINISHED
conformsTo International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual NERFINISHED
coordinatedBy National Search and Rescue Committee NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
defines federal search and rescue responsibilities
interagency search and rescue coordination procedures
search and rescue communications coordination
search and rescue mission assignment procedures
search and rescue organizational relationships
use of search and rescue resources
establishes federal search and rescue responsibilities for aeronautical regions
federal search and rescue responsibilities for land regions
federal search and rescue responsibilities for maritime regions
rescue coordination centers
rescue sub-centers
search and rescue regions
governedBy U.S. National Search and Rescue Supplement to the International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual NERFINISHED
governs coordination between civil and military search and rescue resources
coordination between federal, state, and local search and rescue authorities
language English
legalStatus interagency agreement rather than statute
purpose to ensure effective use of search and rescue resources
to provide a national framework for coordinating search and rescue services
to provide for a coordinated response to persons in distress
relatedDocument National Response Framework NERFINISHED
relatedTo U.S. aeronautical search and rescue regions NERFINISHED
U.S. maritime search and rescue regions NERFINISHED
United States National Search and Rescue Supplement NERFINISHED
scope incidents involving persons, ships, and aircraft in distress
peacetime search and rescue operations
shortName U.S. National SAR Plan NERFINISHED
signatoryAgency Department of Agriculture NERFINISHED
Department of Commerce NERFINISHED
Department of Defense NERFINISHED
Department of Homeland Security NERFINISHED
Department of Justice NERFINISHED
Department of State NERFINISHED
Department of Transportation NERFINISHED
Department of the Interior NERFINISHED
Federal Communications Commission NERFINISHED
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NERFINISHED
United States Air Force NERFINISHED
United States Army NERFINISHED
United States Coast Guard NERFINISHED
United States Marine Corps NERFINISHED
United States Navy NERFINISHED
updatedBy National Search and Rescue Committee NERFINISHED

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