Swedish Search and Rescue Services Management Mission Co-ordination Mobile Facilities
Administration Organization and Management
Swedish Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) Maritime Policy and Public Affairs Search and Rescue and Emergency Planning Maritime Traffic Department Administration Mobile Facilities SAR Management MRCC Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre Mission Co-ordination Maritime Traffic Districts 15 National SAR Areas Surface Units (SRU) Inventory of recourses
Administrative co-operation in Search and Rescue Services National SAR Co-ordination Committee CSS Maritime Administration (chairman) National representatives of - Sea Rescue Society - Coast Guard - Rescue Services Agency - National Board of Health and Welfare - National Police - Defence Forces - Viamare After Sales AB (coast radio) - SOS Alarm (112) - Association of Local Authorities Regional SAR Co-ordination Committee RSS Maritime Traffic District (chairman) - SAR Mission Co-ordinator MRCC Regional representatives for - co-operative authorities and organizations - ship owners And other regional parties involved in SAR
Objectives for the Swedish SAR Services Maritime Search and Rescue including medical evacuation from ships shall be performed on 24-hour basis, within areas specified in the legislation on protection against accidents (Rescue Services Act). The Search and Rescue service shall with a surface or airborne search and rescue unit (SRU) in 90 percent of all SAR operations be able to rescue a person in distress within 90 minutes after an alert has been received at the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRCC). The objective applies to the Swedish territorial waters and the Swedish economical zone and also the inland lakes Vanern, Vattern and Malaren.
International conventions, recommendations and agreements IMO International Maritime Organization International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, 1979 (SAR-konventionen) Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Bilateral SAR agreements with adjacent countries
Bilateral SAR agreements with adjacent countries Sweden has signed bilateral agreements for Maritime and Aeronautical Search and Rescue with Finland Russia (former agreement with Soviet Union) Latvia Lithuania Poland Germany Norway (Remaining Estonia och Denmark)
National legislations and agreements Swedish legislations Swedish Civil Protection Act Swedish Law of the Seas (compare with UNCLOS) Agreements Agreements for readiness by Fire Respons Teams (Stockholm, Goteborg, Helsingborg, Karlskrona, Gotlands och Harnosand/Kramfors municipalities). Agreement for readiness of Rescue Helicopters (Military and Civilian).
Instructions for Maritime Search and Rescue Services IMO/ICAO International Maritime and Aeronautical Search and Rescue Manual (IAMSAR) National Instructions The Swedish Manual for Search and Rescue Services (HERS). Checklists, contingency plans and operational instructions. Quality Assurance system (ISO9000:2000) for Maritime Traffic Department of the Maritime Administration (Function, Roles and Routine descriptions.
Mission Co-ordination
Organization for Mission Co-ordination OSC On Scene Co-Ordinator MRCC Göteborg Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre Mobile Facilities Helicopters and Fixed Wing Aircrafts Mobile Facilities Surface Units
MRCC Goteborg Sweden In Co-location with the Swedish ARCC
MRCC Goteborg
SAR Alerts Radio Monitoring of VHF 16 (H24) DSC VHF och MF Emergency telephone (via 112 Alarm System)
MRCC in Sweden and adjacent countries MRCC Goteborg MRCC Stavanger MRCC Aarhus MRCC Bremen MRCC Gdynia MRCC Tallin MRCC Riga MRCC Klaipeda MRCC S:t Petersburg MRCC Turku
MRCC Staff and assembled Experts MRCC Staff SAR Mission Co-ordinator SAR Duty officers (normally 1 or 2) Team of Experts CMRCC Land Rescue Services Police Maritime Inspectorate Coast Guard Medical Regional Maritime District SOS Alarm (112)
Coast Radio system accessible from MRCC
Mobile Facilities
Maritime Administration Civil Civil Aviation Sea Sea Rescue Society Society Coast Coast Guard Guard Defence Forces Forces Police Police Municipal Recourses Private Recourses
Helicopters in Readiness Goteborg Karlskrona Visby Stockholm Sundsvall
Fire Respons Teams and Rescue Helicopters Stockholm Goteborg Gotland Helsingborg Harnosand/Kramfors Karlskrona
Fire Respons Teams