Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 39 - Transportation, Department of › Rule 39.04.01 - RULES GOVERNING AERONAUTICS AND AVIATION › Subchapter F - RULES GOVERNING AERIAL SEARCH AND RESCUE OF LOST AIRCRAFT AND AIRMEN › Section 39.04.01.604 - PROCEDURE

Current through August 31, 2023
01.
Search and Rescue Guideline
.
				The Department's Aerial Search and Rescue Manual (Plan) shall provide
				guidelines for effectively conducting aerial search and rescue operations and
				establish requirements for crew qualification, adequacy of volunteer search
				aircraft performance, and District Aerial SAR Coordinator qualifications. In
				order to effectively implement the State SAR Plan, the State Aerial SAR
				Coordinator may make SAR agreements as necessary with other
				agencies/organization(s)/individual(s). They may be either informal verbal
				agreements or they may be formal written documents. Agreements shall provide
				for the maximum practicable cooperation of such
				agencies/organization(s)/individual(s) and the use and coordination of
				facilities committed to SAR missions. Written agreements will normally involve
				officials of comparable levels in their respective agencies. Written agreements
				should be as brief as possible, covering only those specific items for which
				the agreement is deemed necessary. They should not be repetitious or
				contradictory of matters contained in the National SAR Plan.
				(3-31-22)
02.
District Aerial
				SAR Coordinators
. The State Aerial SAR Coordinator shall assign District
				Aerial SAR Coordinators who act under the direction of the State Aerial SAR
				Coordinator, organizing the volunteer personnel and resources of his assigned
				search district area for maximum efficiency, safety, and economy. Said District
				Coordinator may be either a volunteer, state employee or other individual as
				assigned by the State Aerial SAR Coordinator. (3-31-22)
03.
Designations by State Aerial SAR
				Coordinators
. The State Aerial SAR Coordinator will designate airports
				of primary operational support as necessary in the aerial search effort. The
				State Aerial SAR Coordinator may designate Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR)
				under Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) 91.137 as required for safety of search
				aircraft. Normally the State Aerial SAR Coordinator will function in the
				Division of Aeronautics facilities but the option to dispatch state coordinator
				to the airport(s) of primary support, State EOC, or other location as
				necessary, may be exercised. State Division of Aeronautics aircraft may be used
				as necessary with state crews or with state pilot in command and volunteer
				pilot/observer(s). Volunteer aircraft and crews shall be screened by the
				District Aerial SAR Coordinator for availability, qualification, and
				willingness to participate in the search. Flight logs and mission records shall
				be maintained and all pertinent information will be screened and recorded and
				forwarded to the State Aerial SAR Coordinator at the close of the mission or as
				requested. (3-31-22)
04.
Interstate Coordination
. On some occasions the aerial search and rescue
				effort may need to extend into bordering states or Canada. Interstate
				coordination with other states/Canada shall be achieved as necessary by the
				Department for SAR mission needs. Coordination with other search and rescue
				organization(s)/ individual(s) may be developed as needed or necessary. Such
				considerations as weather, time, no flight plan, no emergency locator
				transmitter signals, no availability, or limited search resources near the
				objective search area(s) may dictate extending Idaho resources into bordering
				states/Canada. In a like manner, it may sometime become necessary for bordering
				states/Canada to extend their resources into Idaho. (3-31-22)
05.
Funds
. Aerial search and
				rescue funds shall be used solely in support of aerial SAR efforts. Financial
				support of aerial SAR volunteers includes, but is not limited to, SAR training,
				education, equipment, coordinating efforts, communications, and aircraft fuel
				and oil expenses. (3-31-22)
06.
Official Mission Report
. A report shall be made to the State
				Aerial SAR Coordinator by the District Aerial SAR Coordinator at the
				termination of daily search activity. The State Aerial Coordinator SAR shall
				consolidate all necessary report information and relay it to AFRCC. All mission
				working papers which are accumulated during the course of the search mission
				will be analyzed for meaningful content upon which to base operational
				decisions and the final official mission report. (3-31-22)
07.
Time Period of Searches
.
				Aerial searches shall be continued until either successful or until all
				reasonable leads are exhausted and/or passage of time has drastically reduced
				the possibility of survival. If search is unsuccessful and all leads have been
				exhausted, the search may be suspended upon mutual agreement between the
				Department and the BHS until either new leads are received or conditions have
				changed which increases the probability of detection. (3-31-22)
08.
Completion of Search
.
				Searches will be closed when the search and rescue objective has been located,
				the respective county sheriff notified, it is certain that authorized ground
				personnel gain access to the search objective for positive identification of
				missing or downed aircraft and assistance to possible survivors, and post
				mission procedures are completed. (3-31-22)
09.
Required Reports
. Upon
				completion of the mission, all cooperating/participating agencies shall be
				advised as promptly as possible. News releases shall be made as deemed
				appropriate by the State Aerial SAR Coordinator. It shall be ascertained that
				all search aircraft are accounted for. A report of mission activity shall be
				made to AFRCC. A synopsis of the entire mission shall be developed by the State
				Aerial SAR Coordinator with the following forms attached to the synopsis:
				(3-31-22)
a. Search and Rescue Information
				Sheet (2600). (3-31-22)
b. Search
				and Rescue Action Report (2601). (3-31-22)
c. Air Search and Rescue Fuel and Oil Record
				(2602). (3-31-22)
d. Mission
				Authorization, Personnel Register (2604). (3-31-22)
e. Mission Flight Plan Briefing and
				Debriefing Log (2605) (3-31-22)
f.
				Search and Rescue (SAR) Mission Report (2606A). (3-31-22)