Advisory 

Circular U.S. Department 

of Transportation 

Federal Aviation 

Administration

Subject: WATER RESCUE PLANS, FACILITIES, 

AND EQUIPMENT 

Date: 4/15/04

Initiated by: AAS-300 

AC No: 150/5210-13B 

Change:

1. PURPOSE. This Advisory Circular (AC) provides guidance to assist airport operators in preparing for 

water rescue operations.

2. CANCELLATION. This AC cancels AC 150/5210-13A, Water Rescue Plans, Facilities, and 

Equipment, dated May 31, 1991.

3. APPLICABILITY. The material contained in this AC applies to the operation of civil airports where 

aeronautical activity is conducted near a significant body of water. Certificated airport operators may use 

these recommendations and guidelines to satisfy certain portions of the requirements of 14 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 139, section 139.325.

4. RELATED READING MATERIAL. AC 150/5200-31, Airport Emergency Plan, and AC 150/5210-7, 

Aircraft Fire and Rescue Communications, provide related guidance.

David L. Bennett 

Director, Office of Airport Safety and Standards

4/15/04 AC 150/5210-13B 

1. INTRODUCTION. The following paragraphs provide guidance on the special considerations that 

airport operators must think about when preparing for water rescue operations in the vicinity of an airport. 

These include preplanning issues, such as delineation of responsibilities, the planning process, training, 

and equipment. 

2. BACKGROUND.

a. Input from Other Agencies. We have incorporated into this AC lessons learned during National 

Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigations. This AC also contains updated sources of information 

about water rescue training from the United States Coast Guard and offered by Maritime Universities.

(1) Domestic Operations. While aircraft involved in domestic operations carry "slide 

raft/flotation devices," they do not typically carry rafts or inflatable life vests unless they are over 50 miles

from shore.

(2) Overseas Operations. In contrast, aircraft engaged in overseas operations carry 

inflatable life vests, large rafts, and other flotation devices capable of getting a large number of

passengers out of the water. This equipment is most useful in a ditching where there is time to preplan 

and brief the passengers about what they should do when the plane lands in the water. 

(3) Approach and Departure. Accidents around airport environs will most likely take place 

during the approach to or departure from the airport. A 1985 in-house study by the NTSB entitled,” Air 

Carrier Over Water Emergency Equipment and Procedures (NTSB Report SS-85/02) found "Current 

procedures and equipment are designed on the assumption that air carrier water contact accidents are 

primarily ditching, a water accident characterized by at least some preparation time and relatively little 

aircraft damage. In fact, a review of air carrier water contact accidents between 1959 and 1984 shows 

that such accidents are typically inadvertent, with no preparation time, substantial aircraft damage and a 

high chance of occupant injury. Typically, these accidents do not occur on [extended over water 

flight]...but close to an airport, during approach and departure..."

b. Water Rescue Preparedness. Airport officials responsible for emergency preparedness should 

develop an airport emergency plan that includes a section on water rescue (as detailed in AC 150/5200-

31). It should specify any specialized rescue training and equipment needed to provide safe water rescue 

services given by the airport's proximity to bodies of water. In addition the plan should address the unique 

character or "type" of water around the airport, as it may be a critical factor in emergency planning. For 

example, in Hawaii, coral reefs close to the shoreline demand unique approaches to water rescue. 

3. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS. 

a. Major Survival Factors. Survivors of aircraft accidents in water may be subjected to post impact fires, 

fuel/vapor inhalation, ingestion, hypothermia, further injury from debris, drowning, freezing, and/or attack 

by marine life.

The NTSB Aircraft Accident Report AAR-82-8 states that aircrash survivability depends on certain factors: 

9 That the deceleration forces do not exceed the known tolerable limits of the human body. 

9 That the restraint system-seatbelts, seat structure, and seat anchorage points remain intact. 

9 That the occupied areas remain relatively intact to prevent ejection and to provide living 

space for the occupants. 

If any of the above is absent, the likelihood of a successful rescue is significantly diminished. 

b. Water Temperature. Survivors of water crashes must depend more on rescue personnel than 

survivors of similar incidents on dry land because of exposure related issues. Not only will the passengers 

be unprepared to be in water, but they will also experience increased body-cooling rates due to

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evaporating fuel. We recommend that rescue personnel consider all survivors to suffer from hypothermia 

until medical personnel determine otherwise.

c. Duration of Exposure. Rescue plans must also take into account the proper treatment of survivors 

after their rescue. The rescue craft should hold materials for removing fuel from survivors and the proper

number of blankets, which will keep survivors from experiencing hypothermia or even death while in 

transit to medical facilities. The blankets on rescue craft should be made of wool and not polertec, fleece, 

space blanket material, or other fabrics.

d. Evacuation. Water rescue planning must account for problems transporting survivors from the water 

to pre-determined triage, decontamination, and transportation zones. 

e. Nature of Injuries. Passengers in aircraft accidents may sustain substantial cardiac injuries that result 

in significant internal bleeding. As a result, rescue personnel should place all survivors in a supine 

position until medical personnel can evaluate them. 

4. WATER RESCUE RESPONIBILITIES. 

a. Certificated Airports. In accordance with 14 CFR Part 139, certificated airport operators are to include 

in their airport emergency plans provisions for the rescue of aircraft accident victims from significant 

bodies of water or marsh lands situated adjacent to the airports and beneath the approach and departure 

flight paths of air carriers.

(1) Significant Body of Water. A body of water or marshland is significant if the area exceeds 

one-quarter square mile (0.6 sq km) and cannot be traversed by conventional land rescue vehicles. The 

emergency plan should include significant bodies of water located within at least 2 miles (3.2 km) of the 

end of an airport runway. 

(2) Identification of Responders. The airport emergency plan should include the name, 

address, and telephone number of each water rescue squad, service, or government agency (i.e., Coast 

Guard, Harbor Patrol or specially trained marine law enforcement and fire department units) responsible 

for conducting water rescue operations in the significant body of water.

b. Primary Response Agency Other Than Airport. Even when the airport operator is not the primary 

response agency, it has responsibility for implementing the airport emergency plan and ensuring that the 

appropriate rescue agency/agencies are formally notified of the possibility of an aircraft accident where 

there is a significant body of water.

(1) Mutual Aid. Because of jurisdictional or logistical reasons, an airport operator may need to 

develop a water rescue plan that consists of a written mutual aid agreement identifying an entity other 

than the airport to act as the primary response agency. Such agreements are typically signed with the 

local fire/rescue department, Coast Guard, Marine Police, Harbor Patrol, or National Guard. A water 

rescue plan may also contain additional signed agreements with private entities, such as tug operators, 

ferries, marina facilities, medical helicopter services, crane operators, and construction or recovery crews.

(2) Responders Identified and Involved in Exercises. At certificated airports, where another 

entity will assume the role of the primary response agency, the airport operator should specify the 

responsibilities and duties in a written mutual aid agreement. In accordance with 14 CFR Part 139, the 

airport's emergency plan (including responders identified and involved in exercises) must be thoroughly 

reviewed periodically, (i.e., an annual tabletop and a full-scale exercise every 3 years). The airport 

operator should also periodically evaluate the airport water rescue component as part of either the annual 

tabletop or tri-annual, full-scale emergency exercise. 

5. WATER RESCUE PLANNING.

a. Response Assignments. The water rescue plan should state what equipment and personnel actions 

participating agencies will be expected to provide and establish what agency will assume the primary 

response role. If the airport will not serve as the primary response agency, the airport operator should 

ensure this is specified in a mutual aid agreement as well as in the emergency plan. It should also clearly 

define in writing what it will provide to the primary support agency. 

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b. Support Inventory. The water rescue plan should include an inventory of what services, equipment 

capabilities, and facilities each agency will provide, and locations and plans for mobilizing personnel and 

equipment. The airport operator should maintain an inventory list and update it regularly to ensure that 

the necessary equipment and personnel are available. To the extent practicable, the plan should provide 

for the use of rescue vessels with enough combined capacity to accommodate the maximum number of 

persons that can be carried on board the largest air carrier aircraft that the airport reasonably can be

expected to serve. 

c. Incident Command. An Incident Command System (ICS) should be clearly defined in the airport 

water rescue plan and used throughout the incident.

d. Additional or Unplanned Assistance. The plan should recognize that boaters who see the accident 

will want to rescue passengers in the water. In addition once news of the accident spreads, other 

members of the public might want to assist. Because they are not likely to be familiar with aircraft or 

experienced in emergency response, they may inadvertently increase the danger to survivors in the water 

and to themselves. It is very important to establish effective "absolute" control procedures to prevent their 

involvement in the rescue. When possible, ask the Coast Guard to issue a marine broadcast to keep

boaters out of the area once the ICS has been established.

e. Handling of Survivors. The plan should set forth practices and procedures for rescue of survivors 

from floating and/or submerged sections of fuselage. The airport operator or primary response agency 

should establish specific docking/landing areas (both primary and alternate sites) onshore where 

survivors can be brought for triage, fuel decontamination, and transportation to hospital facilities. The 

selection of docking/landing areas should take into account that routes through the airport proper might 

not provide the most direct access to hospitals with facilities appropriate for treating survivors.

f. Other Considerations. In addition to the items outlined above, the plan should address the following 

issues: 

9 notification of the incident or accident

9 jurisdictional authority

9 alarms

9 response times

9 hazardous material, and/or other special considerations

9 personnel recall

9 security

9 traffic control

9 medical, rescue, firefighting services

9 an inventory of specialized services and equipment

9 training

9 drills

9 triage

9 services for uninjured passengers

9 airline support

9 removal of the deceased

9 and the resumption of normal operations 

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6. TRAINING. 

a. Designated Personnel. At airports that plan to provide water rescue, the rescue personnel are 

generally selected from among trained aircraft rescue and fire fighting and/or airport police personnel. 

Rescue personnel should receive additional training in rescue boat handling in the specific rescue craft 

used at the airport. Training must be provided by competent, experienced personnel. To ensure cost 

effectiveness of training, the airport operator or primary response agency should assign these specially

trained personnel to the airport water rescue team for as long a time as is practical. Training should 

include victim recognition, hazard recognition, and the proper use of personal protective equipment. 

Personal protective equipment includes floatation devices, thermal protection, and blood borne pathogen 

protection.

b. Topics for Training. The airport operator should ensure that its rescue personnel, mutual aid 

personnel, and any others expected to engage in water rescue activities are familiar with airport and 

water rescue planning, techniques, rescue boat handling skills, and victim handling procedures. The 

airport operator should also ensure that all airport rescue personnel or mutual aid personnel that may 

engage in any rescue swimming activities should be trained in rescue swimming. (Note: Because of the 

potential danger involved, rescue swimmers should only be deployed as a last resort [i.e., row, throw and 

go (RTG)] by a competently trained person.) 

 This training should address the subjects in the basic outlines provided below. 

Boat Training

(1) Construction and Characteristics of Rescue Boats 

(2) Propulsion Systems 

(3) Vessel Dynamics 

(4) Search Patterns 

(5) Rescue Planning 

(6) Ocean Dynamics 

(7) Limited Visibility

(8) Recovery of Persons in Water/Extrication Skills 

(9) Towing Procedures 

(10) Rescue Swimmer Deployment 

(11) Pre-hospital Emergency Medical Care

Rescue Swimming

(1) Safety Fundamentals 

a. Deployment considerations; tethering and tending of swimmers 

b. Confined space and submerged space prohibitions 

c. Environmental hazards/aircraft hazards

(2) Rescue Swimmer Equipment 

a. Thermal protection and floatation aids

b. Mask, snorkel, and fins 

c. Tethering systems 

d. Signaling/identification aids

(3) Communications 

a. Hand, whistle, and line signals 

(4) Immersion Hypothermia and Cold Water Drowning

a. Recognition and treatment 

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(5) Ocean Dynamics and Operating Near Aircraft 

a. Waves, swells, and currents 

(6) Physiological Aspects of Rescue Swimming 

a. Respiration and circulation

b. Alterations in breathing patterns 

c. Muscle cramps

d. Importance of conditioning

(7) Swimmer Operations 

a. Dressing and deployment skills 

b. Swim training

c. Victim handling 

d. Recovery of conscious, unconscious, and panicking survivors 

e. Line system 

f. Multiple victims

7. INITIAL AND RECURRENT TRAINING. It is important that the airport operator or primary response 

agency should establish a recurrent training schedule for personnel involved in water rescue soon after 

they complete their initial training. Rescuers should conduct frequent marine-related exercises including

use of the rescue craft and other equipment during different weather conditions and seasons. At least 

half of the exercises should occur at night or during seasonal inclement weather and/or winter conditions. 

This training and recurrent training should be documented. 

8. SOURCES FOR WATER RESCUE INFORMATION AND TRAINING. A partial list of sources, both 

public and private, for information and training related to various aspects of water rescue is given below. 

This list is not represented to be complete nor does it indicate the only sources for such training. It is 

provided only as starting point for information for emergency preparedness officials and does not 

represent an endorsement by the FAA. The information was current on the date of publication of this 

advisory circular. 

Massachusetts Maritime Academy 

101 Academy Drive 

Buzzards Bay, MA 02432 

Contact: Ed O'Brien 

Ph: 508-830-5091 

E-mail: obrien@mma.mass.edu 

Website: http://www.maritime.edu

Lake Superior College 

Fire Technology and Administration Courses 

2101 Trinity Road 

Duluth, MN 55811 

Ph: 800-432-2884 (toll free) 

Ph: 218-733-7600 

Website: http://www.lsc.cc.mn.us

University of Missouri–Columbia 

Fire and Rescue Training Institute 

240 Heinkel Building 

Columbia, MO 65211 

Ph: 800-869-3476 (toll free) 

Ph: 573-882-4735 

Fax: 573- 882-0678 

E-mail: frti@missouri.edu

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Website: http://www.mufrti.org/about.htm

United States Power Squadron 

1504 Blue Ridge Road 

PO Box 30423 

Raleigh, NC 27622 

Ph: 800-367-8777 (toll free) 

Ph: 1-919-821-0281 

Website: http://www.usps.org

Marine Rescue Consultants 

2043 Westcliff Drive 

Suite 108 

Newport Beach, CA 92660

Ph: 714-966-6455 

Website: http://www.marinerescue.com

Florida Public Safety

PO Box 1905 

Sebring, FL 33871 

Ph: 863-385-3888 

E-mail: phcolby@FL-PS.org

Website: http://www.fl-ps.org/ioc.html

Ocean Rescue Systems 

PO Box 3423 

Portland, ME 04104 

Ph: 207-799-3299 

Website: http://www.oceanrescue.com/page3.html 

United States Coast Guards

The National Maritime Center Website

4200 Wilson Boulevard 

Suite 630 

Arlington, VA 

Ph: 703-235-0002 

E-mail: ksmith@ballston.uscg.mil

Website: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/nmc/web/index.htm

9 USCG Approved Fast Rescue Boats courses 

 Link: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/marpers/examques/frb.pdf

National Association of 

State Boating Law Administrators 

1500 Leestown Road, Suite 330 

Lexington, KY 40511 

Ph: 859-225-9487 

Fax: 859-231-6403 

E-mail: info@nasbla.org (for general information) 

Website: http://www.nasbla.org

9 NASBLA Approved Boating Safety Courses

 Link: http://www.nasbla.org/state_courses.htm

9 NASBLA Approved Non-State Boating Safety Courses 

 Link: http://www.nasbla.org/nonstate_courses.htm

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American Red Cross 

Contact your local Red Cross office and ask for the Health and Safety Services Office for a full listing of 

swimming, water rescue, and boating courses. 

Website: http://redcross.org

9. COMMUNICATIONS. The planning and implementation of proper and effective communications for 

water rescue operations is complex. In an accident on an airport, it is the airport operator's responsibility 

to respond. However, in an aircraft accident in the water another governmental agency might provide 

incident command. In such cases the airport operator must quickly communicate to the primary response 

agency that an accident has taken place and dispatch airport representatives to the Incident Command 

Post. 

a. Notification of Airport Rescue Personnel. Airport rescue personnel in the aircraft rescue and fire 

fighting station or water rescue substation should be notified of an aircraft in the water. Cross-trained 

personnel located in the terminal building or elsewhere on the airport should be notified by a reliable 

means of communication (i.e., pager, radio, or cell phone).

b. Notification of Mutual Aid Partners. A reliable voice and electronic communications system should 

be available between the airport and other official agencies or parties specified in the mutual aid 

agreement. The system may make use of telephone and/or radio technology. However, since some 

cellular phone systems may become overloaded, we recommend the use of a mobile communications 

post.

(1) All emergency communications make use of Marine VHF-FM channel 16 frequency. If an 

airport operator has one or more vessels, it should ensure these vessels use this frequency. The Coast 

Guard normally conducts all communication during an emergency rescue operation on VHF-FM channel 

22. Other Marine VHF-FM channels may be used in emergency situations in different areas and 

jurisdictions.

(2) The emergency plan should address the establishment and location of a command post 

to direct rescue operations, as well as the method(s) of communication to be used.

c. Command and Control During the Rescue Operation. If other agencies, particularly the Coast 

Guard or Harbor Police, perform rescue operations the airport operator will need to establish 

communications on a marine radio frequency with the primary response agency. This may require the 

airport operator to purchase marine radios or install marine radio channels in airport radios. In addition, 

the designation of a command post may be the prerogative of the primary response agency, and the 

airport operator should ensure that it is able to communicate with the designated post.

d. Coordination. Rescue operations between rescue personnel on the water and on land must be 

coordinated to ensure that survivors are brought to the previously designated areas on shore for triage, 

decontamination, and surface transportation. 

10. RESCUE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT.

a. Types of Vehicles. 

(1) Vehicles used in conducting water rescue operations must be appropriate for the 

particular water environment involved. Collectively, they should have enough capacity to accommodate 

the maximum number of passengers carried by the largest type of aircraft serving the airport. To ensure 

the appropriate selection of water rescue vehicles for the specific airport, people responsible for acquiring 

these vehicles must consider seasonal weather variations and daily tide conditions (e.g., ice, wave height, 

surf conditions, water temperature, hours of daylight, prevailing winds, etc.) 

(2) Normally, various types of boats will be the primary water rescue vehicles. Other vehicles

may include helicopters, air cushion vehicles, and shallow draft "air boats." All rescue craft may have 

advantages and disadvantages. For example, water jet drive boats operate well in shallow water; but 

tend to intake floating debris. Amphibious and track vehicles may have some utility in swamp rescue 

operations.

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b. Use of Vehicles and Equipment. 

(1) Conventional Boats. These vessels are useful for transporting rescue personnel and 

equipment, deploying flotation equipment, picking up survivors, firefighting, securing the scene, 

communications, etc. Some boats are designed for and may be used in the same manner as rapid 

intervention vehicles in conventional aircraft rescue and fire fighting responses.

(2) Amphibious Firefighting Vehicles. An amphibious firefighting vehicle capable of 

25 to 30 mph (40-48 kph) on land and 8 mph (13 kph) in water can be useful for rough terrain, steep 

slopes, flooded areas, as well as for permanent, significant bodies of water. 

(3) Rescue Boats. These fiberglass or aluminum-hulled boats may have inboard or outboard 

engines capable of speeds up to 60 mph (95 kph). Some of the boats are designed to allow for the 

removal of a section of the hull (freeboard) to provide easy access into and out of the water. The boats 

can vary in length from 17 to over 40 feet (5–12 m). Depending upon the size of the vessel, enclosed or

at least sheltered accommodations may be available to protect survivors from the environment. It is 

important that the boat have easy access around most of the topsides to allow rescue personnel to 

deploy raft canisters or to assist survivors out of the water. Rescue boats should have 2 engines so if one 

becomes inoperable, the other becomes the back up.

(4) Rafts/Flotation Platforms. These platforms are simply large, inflatable rafts with netting 

draped over the side and all unnecessary equipment removed. They provide a highly buoyant means of 

keeping 10 to 45 people afloat until rescue craft arrive. The platforms should be provided with appropriate

fittings to allow safe towing to shore. Care should be taken in attempting to tow aviation-type rafts

because of their design. Rescue personnel will need to practice assisting victims into the platform 

because victims may be unable to board the platforms unassisted. Consideration should be given to 

deploying sufficient inflatable platforms. 

(5) Inflatable Boats. Normally, these boats are very shallow draft vessels. They may be a rigid 

or a true inflatable boat with a diesel/gasoline powered propeller and/or water jet propulsion capable of 

traveling 30 to 50 mph (48–80 kph). Boats of 22 to 28 feet (6.6–8.5 m) will accommodate approximately 

15 people. Inflatable boats provide the best ratio of vessel weight to passenger capacity. They can be 

swamped and still support survivors. Consideration should be given to deploying sufficient inflatable 

boats. 

(6) Shallow Draft "Air Boat." These boats can be 7 to 8 feet wide (2.1–2.4 m) and 13 to 20 feet 

long (3.8–6 m) and are propelled by aircraft or auto engines driving aircraft-like propellers. Larger models 

can carry approximately 2,200 pounds (1,000 kg) of people and/or water rescue and medical equipment. 

They can operate at speeds up to 50 mph (80 kph) in extremely shallow water, tidal flats, marshes, and 

snow. Shallow draft airboats, however, will sink if swamped. Also, these boats cannot go in reverse and 

never can be fully stopped.

(7) Air Cushion Vehicles or "Hovercraft." Rescue personnel can use hovercraft in the same 

manner as conventional boats. In addition, the hovercraft is an amphibious vehicle that can be used on 

ground, water, mud and any kind of service /and or floating obstacle. Larger models can carry 18 

survivors. These vessels will usually have a higher response speed in calm waters. They are especially 

useful in very shallow water as well as on mud flats. However they can push jet fuel out from the vessel, 

which can cause an explosive mixture. 

(8) Helicopters. Helicopters, and fixed wing aircraft in some cases, are most useful for 

transporting and deploying rescue personnel and equipment because they are faster than any surface 

vehicle. They are particularly useful for shuttling additional personnel and equipment to the scene 

providing weather conditions are acceptable. Helicopters can also act as a light source and assist 

communications and secondary command post activities. Helicopters with infra-red capability can be 

particular useful for night activities. However, they can disorient and frighten survivors in the water 

because of rotor noise and downwash, which can cause debris to become airborne. Helicopter operations

in narrow rivers may be constrained by obstructions, trees, bridges, power lines, etc. If helicopters are to 

be used in water rescue operations, functions they can safely perform should be determined early in the 

planning process. Planners should not rely solely on helicopters for rescuing survivors.

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(9) Other Equipment that Should Be Available. Area maps and navigation charts, bailing 

buckets, water pumps, blankets, bull horns, communications equipment, emergency lights, flares, forcible 

entry tools, marine night vision binoculars, life rafts (with oars or paddles), medical kits, navigational 

equipment, portable resuscitation equipment, portable 500-watt or greater floodlights, rescue nets, 

stretchers/litters, rescue throwing bags, and anchors should be available and readily accessible.

c. Specific Applications. 

(1) Oceans or Large Lakes. Coastal airport operators or their primary response agencies

should consider boats to be their primary response vehicles. Helicopters that can be dispatched by the 

airport or secured from other agencies for the transportation of rescue personnel and/or flotation 

equipment are also of prime importance. Such airport operators should consider a fast boat capable of 

carrying the appropriate amount of flotation gear, plus having some firefighting capability and also a larger

boat capable of taking survivors on board and providing other support such as medical, communications, 

etc.

(2) Inland Waters. Boats, inflatable, and/or air cushion vehicles may be the primary response 

vehicle at airports located adjacent to rivers and small lakes. Boats of appropriate size and capability 

should be available for immediate response. Airport operators should consider a relatively small, fast 

boat(s) capable of carrying the appropriate amount of flotation gear, plus having some firefighting 

capability and also a larger boat capable of taking survivors on board and providing other support such as

medical, communications, etc.

(3) Wetlands/Swamps. Water rescue operations in swamps may call for shallow draft boats, "air 

boats," air cushion vehicles, helicopters, various track vehicles, and "high flotation" and/or amphibious 

vehicles. The swamp should be traversed or examined by air prior to selecting the appropriate rescue 

equipment.

11. EQUIPMENT SOURCES. A partial list of sources for equipment related to water rescue is given 

below. This list is not represented to be complete nor does it indicate the only sources for such 

equipment. It is provided only as starting point information for emergency preparedness officials and does 

not represent an endorsement by the FAA. The information was current on the date of publication of this 

advisory circular. 

Boston Whaler Commercial and Government Products, Inc. 

420 Megan Z. Avenue 

Edgewater, FL 32132 

Website: http://www.whaler.com/cgp/default

Federal Non-Military, State, County and Municipal 

AZ, CA, ID, KS, MO, ND, NE, NM, 

NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY 

Contact: Jeff Gayer 

Ph: 386-423-2916 

Fax: 386-423-9187 

E-mail: jgayer@whaler.com

AL, AR, CT, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, 

ME, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ,

NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VI, WV, VT, WI 

Contact: Jeremy Davis

Ph: 386-423-2914 

Fax: 386-423-9187 

E-mail: jdavis@whaler.com 

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FL 

Contact: Dana White 

Ph: 386-423-2917 

Fax: 386-423-9187 

E-mail: dana.white@whaler.com 

Griffon Hovercraft Ltd. 

P.O. Box 7 

Sarisbury Green 

Southampton

SO31 8YS 

UK 

Ph: +44-23-8040-3547 

Fax: +44-23-8040-6747 

E-mail: sales@griffonhovercraft.com 

Website: http://www.griffonhovercraft.com

Avon Marine 

Dafen, Llanelli 

Carmarthenshire 

SA14 8NA 

UK 

E-mail: info-avon@avon-inflatable.com

Website: http://www.avoninflatables.co.uk/page/fs_us_dealers

Willard Marine, Inc. 

1250 N. Grove St. 

Anaheim, CA 92806 

Ph: 714-666-2150 

Fax: 714-632-8136 

Website: http://willardmarine.com

Zodiac of North America. 

540 Thompson Creek Road 

Stevensville, MD 21666 

Ph: 410-643-4141 

Fax: 410-643-4491 

Website: http://www.zodiacmarineusa.com

MARSARS Water Rescue Systems

155 Myrtle Street 

Shelton, CT 06484 

Ph: 866-426-2423 (toll free) 

Fax: 203-924-4198 

E-Mail: robert.davis02@snet.net

Website: http://www.marsars.com

ZUMRO®, Inc. 

P.O. Box 696 

Hatboro, PA 19040 

Ph: 800-932-6003 (toll free) 

Fax: 215-957-6501 

E-mail: info@zumro.com

Website: http://www.zumro.com/zumro%20dive%20thru%20rescue%20boats.html

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12. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD RESCUE COORDINATION CENTERS 

1. Go to the USCG Home Page, Website address: http://www.uscg.mil/USCG.shtm. 

2. Search the Coast Guard website for: USCG Rescue Coordination Centers.

3. The results of your query should provide you with a link for USGC Points of Contact. 

4. Click on Points of Contact link for the USCG regional centers 24-hour contacts for emergencies. 

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