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Land Search Operations Manual

The entire revised Manual is available in Portable Document Format [ PDF: 5.22Mb].

The purpose of this manual is to provide a comprehensive reference source for those Authorities that have the responsibility for conducting land search and rescue operations within Australia.

This manual has been developed by a National Working Party representative of Police, State/Territory Emergency Services, the Australian Defence Force and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.  The working party was initiated and sponsored by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.

Proposed changes to this document should be forwarded to the National Search and Rescue Manual Amendment Committee, Australian Maritime Safety Authority, at the address shown below. 

The manual is also available to access in sections:

• Chapters	Contents	Last Updated
  Glossary		20 January 2010
  Chapter 1	Search and Rescue System	20 January 2010
  Chapter 2	Communications	20 January 2010
  Chapter 3	Awareness and Initial Action	20 January 2010
  Chapter 4	Planning and Evaluation	20 January 2010
  Chapter 5	Techniques and Operations	20 January 2010
  Chapter 6	Rescue	20 January 2010
  Chapter 7	Conclusion	20 January 2010
  Chapter 8	Training	20 January 2010
  Chapter 9	Medical factors and Survival Calculations	20 January 2010

  Appendices

For further information, contact the Council.

Last updated: 20 January 2010