A further duty of the Coast Guard is to work with other authorities to advance Swedish participation in international cooperation in its sphere of activity. This entails keeping abreast of developments and contributing to international cooperation to further the work of border control, the fight against crime at sea, maritime environmental protection and other maritime surveillance. The policy area as such is restricted to operations conducted by the Swedish Rescue Services Agency and the Swedish Coast Guard. However, similar operations pursuing equivalent goals and in part based on the same legislation are also conducted by a number of government authorities responsible for other policy areas and by local authorities. Rescue services Rescue services are primarily a matter for local authorities.
Every municipality is required to have one or more rescue service boards and a rescue corps.
The rescue corps carries out the rescue service actions for which the local authority is responsible. The local authority's sphere of responsibility includes preventive action against fire in cases where no private person is responsible, which is usually the case. The municipalities also have the task of encouraging and supporting other activities aimed at preventing accidents and damage. In some areas, it is central government that is responsible for rescue services. National rescue services include mountain, air and maritime rescue services, searches for missing persons, environmental emergency services at sea and emergency services in the event of radioactive discharges.