3. AUTHORITY
• SAR convention 2002
• AFM appointed SAR Authority
(Government notice 102 dtd 28 Jan 03)
• AFM – SAR Point of Contact for Maltese
Search and Rescue Region
4. MISSION
• To conduct SAR operations in the Malta
SAR Region (SRR) using AFM resources
and other resources that may be available,
in order to expeditiously render aid to
persons in distress and, where possible,
protect property and the environment.
5. SAR REGION
• More than quarter of
a million square
kilometers
•Almost 600NM in
length and 130NM in
width
•Stretches from 30NM
from the Tunisian
coast to Crete
•Within the SRR, RCC
Malta is legally
responsible for the co-
ordination of all SAR
actions
6. ORGANISATION
RCC MALTA
SAR MISSION
COORDINATOR
ON SCENE
COMMANDER
SEARCH &
RESCUE
UNIT
SEARCH &
RESCUE
UNIT
SEARCH &
RESCUE
UNIT
COLLECTS
INFORMATION
AND GENERATES
A SAR ACTION
PLAN (SAP)
COORDINATES
ACTIONS ON
SCENE AND
PROVIDES
FEEDBACK TO SMC
SAR
COORDINATOR
7. SAR PLANNING TOOLS
• Wide use is made of IT in
the planning of SAR
operations, both in the
forms of databases as
well as planning tools.
• The planning tool used,
SAR-OPS, is fully
IAMSAR compliant.
18. REPORTING
• EMERGENCY – 112
• AFM OPERATIONS CENTRE - 22494202
• WHO IS CALLING & CONTACT NO
• EXACT LOCATION
• DESCRIPTION OF THE INCIDENT &
SYMPTOMS
• IDENTIFIABLE MARKS
• WEATHER IN AREA
• ANY OTHER INFORMATION