SAR Issues
SAR Awards 2009
Now is the time to start thinking about nominations for the 2009 SAR Awards. Nominations of units and individuals should be made by 31 July 2009.
2009 SAR Council Meeting
The 2009 meeting of the National SAR Council will be held on Rottnest Island, WA from 12 to 13 November 2009.
MOU with the International Emergency Response Coordination Centre - SPOT beacons
a Memorandum of Understanding was reached with the GEOS Alliance organisation, the coordination service for the SPOT Tracking devices. The MOU outlines the procedures that will be used between RCC Australia and the IERCC in the event of the IERCC receiving a distress alert originating in the Australian SAR region see more
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The responsibility for search and rescue in Australia is shared by SAR Authorities at both the Federal and State levels. These authorities are responsible for the coordination of search and rescue over a vast area made up of Continental Australia and the East Indian, South-west Pacific and Southern oceans and their responsibilities are shared in accordance with the National Search and Rescue Plan.
In 1976, the SAR Authorities formed a national conference to ensure consistency and uniformity in SAR procedures within the Australian search and rescue region (SRR). In 1999 a shift in perspective saw the group renamed the National Search and Rescue Council with the role of formulating, discussing and ratifying national search and rescue policies. The Council meets annually in November.
In 2004, the Commonwealth, State and Territory Government Ministers responsible for SAR response in Australia signed an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) on National Search and Rescue Response Arrangements that confirmed the National SAR Council's functions and roles.
May 2007