Manuals
The National Search and Rescue Manual is the standard reference document for use by all Australian Search and Rescue authorities and promulgates the agreed methods of coordination through which search and rescue operations are conducted within Australia. The manual is consistent with the relevant International Conventions to which Australia is a party. The copy of the manual promulgated on the Internet is for the use of all search and rescue practitioners and reflects the most up to date information. Care should be taken to ensure that copies previously printed from the Internet copy are kept up to date and reflect any changes made to the Internet copy.
The manual has been developed with due regard to the International Aviation and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual (IAMSAR); is supplemented by various legal, informative and instructional documents used within and between organisations concerned with search and rescue; and is consistent with the relevant internatinal conventions to which Australia is a party. For more detailed information on Land SAR Operations, readers should refer to the Land Operations Manual.