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USCG SAR FUNDS
What are the five stages of SAR? - ✔✔Awareness Initial actions planning operations conclusion (Sometimes these stages are not in order or can overlap) You recieve a distres alarm on a DSC reciever. it is equivalent to a/an - ✔✔MAYDAY What are the three emergency phases - ✔✔Uncertainty Alert distress What are the five components of the SAR system? - ✔✔Organization Resources Communications Emergency Car Documentation Search and rescue is: - ✔✔The use of all available resourcaes to assist persons and property in potential or actual distress. What are the Three primary geographic divisions of the National SAR System? - ✔✔Inland :Air Force
Maritime: Coast Guard Overseas: Unified Commanders? As OSC who would you make recommondations to for plan modification? - ✔✔Make recommondations to the Sar Mission Coord. (SMC) Who is responsible for providing appropriate legal and funding support for the RCC? - ✔✔Sar Coordinator (Is the district commander and has the overal responsibility for managing SAR system) would a WPB in B-12 be available for urgent sar? - ✔✔NO! High readiness for WPB is 0-2 hours They would not be available for urgent sar What is a Search Action Plan (SAP) - ✔✔Used to pass information down chain of command from SMC or OSC to SRU What is a SITREP/ - ✔✔Used to pass information UP the chain of command from SRU to OSC or SMC What information does the SUBJECT LINE of a SITREP contain? - ✔✔Emergency phase, SITREP sequence # and vessel name or brief situation description. EXAMPLE: SUBJ: DISTRESS SITREP ONE 30FT P/C ORION COLLISION WITH DRUMMOND ISLAND What is the critical function of a well constructed SITREP subject line? - ✔✔1. Alerts reader to ugency
14 USC 88 says you "MAY" go out. Doesn't say we "HAVE" to. Can the USCG conduct SAR operations in foreign territorial seas? - ✔✔YES The term "Assistance Entry (AE) is recognized when there is reasonable certainty of distress. How far seaward do countries clamin as territorial seas? - ✔✔Territorial seas begin at 12NM but exclusive economic zones (EEZ) can extend up to 200 NM. Does the USCG have the right to enter private property when a SAR situation requires it? - ✔✔YES!
- Minimize damage done to property
- notify owner or local authorities to secure property once mission is complete. Define Abandoned Property - ✔✔Property that has been relinquished with the INTENT TO GIVE UP Define Unclaimed property - ✔✔Property that has been left unattended by its owner but with the INTENT TO RETURN to retrieve it later. When you recieve a request for assistance, who evaluates the situation and decided what action to take? - ✔✔The SAR MISSION COORD. (SMC) Can the USCG assist in a non distress situation? - ✔✔YES USCG can respond if no higher priority missions exist and other resources are not reasonably available.
Situation: If a USCG vessel is out traning and comes across a non distress P/C, can they tow the vessel for "training purposes?" - ✔✔NO! Case must be treated as a non distress. Training purposes is not a valid excuse to tow P/C Situation: If a Auxilliary vessel is out on patrol and comes across a non distress P/C. can they tow the vessel? - ✔✔YES! advice Aux to keep unit informed when vsl is safely docked. Situation: A P/C is hailing a commercial tow company but is getting no response. The P/C is non distressed. What is my immediate response - ✔✔Proceed to vsl position and issue a MARB If a MARB is issued and commerical towing is not "Resonable available" can you launch a CG asset or request help from AUX? - ✔✔YES Situation: If a P/C is in non distress and refuses to pay for commerical towing, can the USCG tow this P/C to safe haven? - ✔✔No. Do not offer tow, Assist by issuing a MARB Situation: An Auxilliarist from another district calls in and says they are fatigued and engine of thier sail boat is FUBAR. Should USCG offer assistance to Aux - ✔✔YES! Aux is part of the team. Fatigue and unfamiliarity of area warrent assistance. What command should be issued over the radio if commercial provider is interfering with comms to gather information? - ✔✔CEASE TRANSMISSION
If the information that is requested on a SAR incident is part of an ongoing judicial proceeding, what should you say? - ✔✔NOTHING! Situation: After the incident, will BM1 jones ever be allowed to drive a CG boat again?
- How should you answer? - ✔✔DO NOT ANSWER! The homing signal from a 406 MHz Epirb is? - ✔✔121.5 MHz A report from dock master of a fire at a local marina. Is this an actual or potential distress? - ✔✔Actual What keyword is associate with the uncertainty emergency phase? - ✔✔Doubt You alert the SAR facility during what stage of the SAR system? - ✔✔Initial Action During what stage of the SAR system do you specify the search area? - ✔✔Planning What is MEDICO? - ✔✔Medical Advice What are the five parts of a SITREP? - ✔✔Situation action taken future plans/recommendations, amplifying info case status
When is the OSC required to send a sitrep to the SMC? - ✔✔Once a day What component of the SAR system would coer the centralized control and coordination? - ✔✔Organization an SRU should contact the OSC how many minutes prior to arrival on scene? - ✔✔ 15 What type of resources include fishing vessels? - ✔✔Non traditional What type of resources includes Aux Vsls - ✔✔Traditional As a CG spokesperson, y9uo can release any details of a sar mission as long as it is accurate - ✔✔FALSE! Can not release any DETAILS you want You are being interviced on a boat mishap. what technique would you use to address the importance of wearing floation devices? - ✔✔Hooking A safety broadcast proword indicating there is about to be a transmission about weather - ✔✔Security A keyword associated witht he ALERT emergency phase - ✔✔Apprehension
Leeway Datum Search Area What is the difference between the Last Known Position (LPK)and the Commence Search Time (CST) called? - ✔✔Drift Interval Total surface drift is made of what two major parts? - ✔✔Total Water Current Leeway What is the best source for Total Water Current? - ✔✔Data marker Bouy What is leeway? - ✔✔the movement of the search object through the water caused by winds blowing against the exposed surfaces of the search object What is Divergence or directional uncertainty? - ✔✔the general direction an object will move cause by the wind blowing on it. It veers to the left or the right What should be used to determine the TSD (total surface drift) of a search object? - ✔✔Direction and speed of wind set and drift of DMB combined effect of all water current forces What are the two methods used when passing search parameters? - ✔✔Center point method
Trackline method Which search pattern would be best to use if the item being search for could be anywhere within an area and you desire equal coverage in the search area? - ✔✔parallel search What search patter is best when there is a reasonable position but doubt in the confidence of datum? - ✔✔Expanding square What search pattern is best when you know the intended route of what you are looking for? - ✔✔Trackline search What type of search is best when you find debris on one side of the search field? - ✔✔Creeping. What search pattern is best when you have confidence in datum and the searching for small objects like people. - ✔✔Sector search Probability of success (POS) is dependent on what two factors? - ✔✔Probability of detection (POD Probability of containment (POC) What questions should be answered in order to calculate the size of the area that can be searched by an asset? - ✔✔1. how fast can SRU search the area
- How wide is the track spacing
- How long can the SRU remain on scene
What is an example of an active target? - ✔✔Organge smoke flare signal mirror What is not an active target? - ✔✔Raft, Boat Jet ski What is the formula for correcting sweep width? - ✔✔W=WuFwFf*Fv W= Width Fw= Weather correction Ff= Fatigue correction Fv = Speed correction (NOT HARD TO CALCULATE> TAKE YOUR TIME) What is coverage factor? - ✔✔The measure of search effectiveness How is coverage factor calculated? - ✔✔C=W/S W C s The ideal coverage should be equal to 1 What are the three basic types of flares? - ✔✔Handheld meteor flare
parachute flare What is the term used to describe the most probable locatoin of a search object, correlated for movement over time? - ✔✔Datum What is another term for directional uncertainty? - ✔✔Divergence The combined factors of wind current, sea current and leeway is called? - ✔✔TSD Total water Current (TWC) is usually obtained from - ✔✔Datum marker bouy what is the term used to describe the movement of the seach object through the water caused by winds bowling agains the exposed___ - ✔✔leeway sea current is generally assumed to exist when what two criteria are met? - ✔✔Location is 25nm offshore and the water depth is more than 300 ft What enviroment are tidal currents computed for? - ✔✔Coastal What is the abbrevaition for an expanding square , single unit search? - ✔✔SS What search pattern isued to cover a large area uniformly when there is equal probabillity of the taret being anywhere in the search area? - ✔✔Parallel
