Assets/Resources
This Response Boat can tow up to 100 tons
45' RB-M
This is the internationally recognized method of sending a terrestrial digital distress alert
DSC
This pattern is used when there is a high degree of confidence the search object is close to the estimated datum position. All course changes are 90 degrees to the right
Square Single Unit
The MSAP was enacted by Congress in this year
1982
These are used to travel from mainland to islands and across frozen streams.
Ice Bridges
The maximum seas for this CG surface asset are 30'
47' MLB
An area within the radiotelephone coverage of at least one VHF coast station in which continuous DSC alerting is available as defined by the International Maritime Organization.
These patterns are best used when the datum is established within close limits, a very high coverage immediately around the datum is desired, and the area to be searched is not extensive.
Sector Search
This broadcast is offered to mariners during non-distress situations
MARB
This ice tends to indicate weaker ice.
Discolored or cloudy
The CG aircraft has the highest cruise speed along with the heaviest fuel capacity
C-130J
narrow-band direct-printing telegraphy for transmission of navigational and meteorological warnings and urgent information to ships on MF.
NAVTEX
In a VS, all turns are this many degrees to this direction
120 to the right
Apprehension is usually associated with this emergency phase
Alert
Ice Thickness Minimums to Support a Person
2 inches
This CG aircraft operates with only 2 pilots and 2 crewmembers
H-60
are received via phone and email at LANTAREA and PACAREA command centers from the Santa Paula, CA coast earth station
INMARSAT C
This is the distance between two adjacent search legs
Track spacing
This US Code dictates the licensing requirement for commercial operator's licenses
49 U.S.C. 8904
These are the primary SAR resources for Ice Rescues
Helicopters
This aircraft, whose name means house in Spanish, has a radius of action of 2,000 miles
HC-144
This is the amount of time given to acknowledge a DSC distress alert
2.75 minutes
This is the measurement of how well an area was searched
Coverage factor
A safe haven normally has reliable means of communication of this form
telephone
When water is cooled at the surface it begins to sink because it is heavier than the warm water that rises to replace it.