JP 3-50 National Search and Rescue Manual Vol I - US Navy

plan and other instructions of overseas SAR coordinators should include
guidance for their areas of operation. RCC personnel should be familiar
with these and other applicable references so that appropriate and
timely action can be taken.
1225 Foreign SAR in the United States
Situations may arise when SRUs or other craft of foreign countries
need to enter the United States for SAR operations. While Canada and
Mexico often enter our territory for this purpose, other states may also
have such a need. The following procedures should be followed.
A. Canada
1. Canadian vessels may render aid and assistance to vessels in
the following United States waters or on adjacent shores
without prior notification: the portion of the St. Lawrence
River through which the international boundary line extends,
Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair, Lake Huron, Lake
Superior, Niagara River, the Sault Ste. Marie canals, and the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts within 30 miles of the
international boundaries. As soon as practicable, Canadian
vessels rendering such aid and assistance must make a report
of the case to the nearest United States Customs Office.
(United States/Canada Treaty on Reciprocal Rights in Matters
of Conveyance of Prisoners and Wrecking Salvage (1908), 35
Stat. 2035, TS 502)
2. Canadian aircraft may engage in SAR in the United States,
including its territorial sea, under the direction of the
appropriate United States
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