Search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger
For other uses, see Search and rescue (disambiguation).
"S&R" redirects here. For the membership-only retail warehouse club chain, see S&R Membership Shopping.
A Canadian Forces AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant helicopter hoists a man from a Canadian Coast Guard shipA SAR cruiser of the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service
Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, typically determined by the type of terrain the search is conducted over. These include mountain rescue; ground search and rescue, including the use of search and rescue dogs (such as K9 units); urban search and rescue in cities; combat search and rescue on the battlefield and air-sea rescue over water.
International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) is a UN organisation that promotes the exchange of information between national urban search and rescue organisations. The duty to render assistance is covered by Article 98 of the UNCLOS.
Searchandrescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of searchand rescue...
Combat searchandrescue (CSAR) are searchandrescue operations that are carried out during war that are within or near combat zones.[unreliable source...
fields of assistance, therapy, detection, and protection. Falling within the field of detection, a search-and-rescue (SAR) dog is one trained to respond to...
Urban searchandrescue (abbreviated as USAR or US&R) is a type of technical rescue operation that involves the location, extrication, and initial medical...
Force SearchandRescue Force (SARF or SAR Force) was the Royal Air Force organisation which provided around-the-clock aeronautical searchandrescue cover...
A searchandrescue transponder (SART) is a self-contained, waterproof transponder intended for emergency use at sea. These devices may be either a radar-SART...
Mounted searchandrescue (MSAR) is a specialty within searchandrescue (SAR), using horses as search partners and for transportation to search for missing...
euthanize Trakr and all retiring K9s. After Trakr's retirement, Symington took a leave from the force. Symington and his dog saw the searchandrescue operations...
Aeronautical and Maritime SearchandRescue (IAMSAR) Manual is a manual for organization and operation of maritime and aviation searchandrescue. The IAMSAR...
training exercise. After a search lasting 15 days, the Argentine Navy downgraded the operation from a rescue mission to a search for the submarine's wreck...
Air Force SearchandRescue (Turkish: Personel kurtarma) is unit of the Turkish Air Force whose task is to recover civilian and other military personnel...
Forces SearchandRescue (CAFSAR; French: Recherche et sauvetage des Forces armées canadiennes) is the collective name used to refer to searchandrescue (SAR)...
Air SearchandRescue Association or CASARA, is a Canada-wide volunteer aviation association dedicated to the promotion of aviation safety, and to the...
"Ireland responds to Nepal earthquake". Retrieved 26 April 2015. "Searchandrescue team to depart shortly from Israel to region; will include doctors"...
The International SearchandRescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) is a network of disaster-prone and disaster-responding countries and organizations dedicated...
various services, including helicopter training, oil exploration, searchandrescue, and charter flights. Having entered the African market in 1960, Nigeria...
Gustin), who dreams of joining the K-9 searchandrescue team. He is unsuccessful in doing so until he adopts and befriends a shelter dog named Ruby. The...
associated with rescue, and may be a necessary part of a rescue. Equipment used might include searchandrescue dogs, mounted searchandrescue horses, helicopters...
roles of the Coast Guard include maritime safety andsearchandrescue. The Irish Marine SearchandRescue Region (IMSRR) is the area over which the Coast...
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