Functions

SASAR must within its means and capabilities co-ordinate its measures to:

• Search for, assist and, where appropriate, effect a rescue operation for:
• A survivor of aircraft crashes or forced landings.
• The crew and passengers of vessels in distress.
• Survivors of maritime casualties within SASAR area of responsibility.
• Survivors of any military aircraft or vessels accidents or incidents if such aircraft or vessel is not engaged in an act of war.
• Co-ordinate the evacuation of a seriously injured or ill person from a vessel at sea where the person’s condition is such that he or she must obtain medical treatment sooner than that vessel would be able to get him or her to a suitable medical facility.