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Air Force Rescue Coordination Center

As the United States' inland search and rescue coordinator, the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center serves as the single agency responsible for coordinating on-land federal SAR activities in the 48 contiguous United States, Mexico and Canada.

The AFRCC operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The center directly ties in to the Federal Aviation Administration's alerting system and the U.S. Mission Control Center. In addition to the Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking information, the AFRCC computer system contains resource files that list federal and state organizations, which can conduct or assist in SAR efforts throughout North America.

AFRCC -- General Information

Fact Sheet
Commander's Biography
Points of Contact
AFRCC Brochure

AFRCC SAR Links
NOAA SARSAT
USCG Office of Search and Rescue
NASA SAR Mission Manager
Headquarters Civil Air Patrol
National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Mountain Rescue Association
American Red Cross
Rescue Net

AFRCC -- Operations

SAR School
Basic Inland SAR Course
BISC FY13 schedule
SAR Agencies

Beacon Information
Preventing False Alarms
121.5/243.0 Phase Out
US National Personal Locator Beacon Program
406 Mhz

Annual Reports
Crash Locator Databases

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