Doc 9731: International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual
Vol 3: 180 pages; File Size 4.1 Mb

The primary purpose of the three volumes of the International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual (IAMSAR Manual) is to assist States in meeting their own search and rescue (SAR) needs, and the obligations they accepted under the Convention on International Civil Aviation, the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue and the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). These volumes provide guidelines for a common aviation and maritime approach to organizing and providing SAR services. States are encouraged to develop and improve their SAR services, co-operate with neighboring States and to consider their SAR services to be part of a global system.

Each volume of the IAMSAR Manual is written with specific SAR system duties in mind, and can be used as a standalone document, or, in conjunction with the other two Manuals, as a means to attain a full view of the SAR system. The Mobile Facilities volume (Volume III of Doc 9731 is intended to be carried aboard recue units, aircraft and vessels to help with the performance of a search, rescue or on scene coordinator function and with aspects of search and rescue that pertain to their own State's emergencies.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Volume III: Mobile Facilities
Section 1: Overview
Section 2: Rendering Assistance
Section 3: On-Scene Co-ordination
Section 4: On-Board Emergencies
Appendices
Appendix A: Regulation V/33 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended
Appendix B: Search Action Message
Appendix C: Factors Affecting Observer Effectiveness
Appendix D: Standard Format for Search and Rescue Situation Report (SITREP)
Appendix E: SAR Briefing and Debriefing Form

This Manual is published jointly by the International Civil Aviation Organization and the International Maritime Organization. It has been updated from the first and second editions by including the amendments that were adopted by the seventy-fourth session of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee in June 2001 (which entered into force on 1 July 2002), by the seventy-fifth session in May 2002 (which entered into force on 1 July 2003), by the seventy-seventh session in June 2003 (which apply as from 1 July 2004) and by the seventy-eighth session in May 2004 (which apply as from 1 July 2005) and by the eightieth session in May 2005 (which apply as from 1 June 2006) and by the eighty-first session in May 2006 (which apply as from 1 June 2007).