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IAMSAR manual : international aeronautical and maritime search and rescue manual. Vol. II, mission coordination / International Maritime Organization.

By: International Maritime Organization.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : International Maritime Organization, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: 2022 edition.Description: various pagings : illustrations, tables ; 30 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789280117356 (paperback).Subject(s): Search and rescue operations -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Lifesaving -- Equipment and supplies -- Handbooks, manuals, etcDDC classification: 623.8887
Contents:
The search and rescue system -- Communications -- Awareness and initial action -- Search planning and evaluation concepts -- Search techniques and operations -- Rescue planning and operations -- Multiple aircraft SAR operations - general guidelines -- Emergency assistance other than search and rescue -- Conclusion of SAR operations.

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The Mission Coordination volume assists personnel who plan and coordinate SAR operations and exercises. A new edition of the IAMSAR Manual is published every three years. The 2022 edition includes amendments, adopted by the International CivilAviation Organization (ICAO) and approved by the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) at its 103rdsession in May 2021 by means of MSC.1/Circ.1640, which become applicable on 1 June 2022

The search and rescue system -- Communications -- Awareness and initial action -- Search planning and evaluation concepts -- Search techniques and operations -- Rescue planning and operations -- Multiple aircraft SAR operations - general guidelines -- Emergency assistance other than search and rescue -- Conclusion of SAR operations.