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

planning and operations.
b. RCC and adjacent RCC directives.
c. SAR publications of ICAO and IMO including Merchant
Vessel SAR Manual (MERSAR).
d. Aviation planning publications, such as military
Flight Information Publications (FLIPs), Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) Airman's Information Manual (AIM),
information sheet for aircraft frequently used as SRUs,
Aircraft Owner's and Pilot's Association (AOPA) Airport
Directory for small fields with telephone numbers and points
of contacts, and airport heliport/hospital landing site
directories.
e. Communications and other SAR-related publications
such as Joint Army Navy Allied Publications (JANAP), Allied
Communications Publications (ACP), ICAO series, nautical and
air almanacs, nautical and tidal publications, Civil Aircraft
Registry (microfiche), Lloyd's Register of Ships, manuals
governing emergency procedures, and oceanographic atlases
showing ocean currents, wind, and sea surface temperatures.
134 Rescue Sub-Centers (RSCs)
The SAR Coordinator establishes Rescue Sub-Centers (RSCs) when the
RCC cannot exercise direct and effective control over SAR facilities in
remote areas, or where local facilities can be directed only through
local authorities. RSCs should have immediate voice or printed
communications via direct landline or radio link with the parent RCC,
and rapid and reliable communications with flight-following and DF
stations serving the RSC, adjacent RSCs, primary and secondary SAR
facilities in the RSC operational area, and sources of meteorological
information. RSC staffing is assigned by the parent RCC. RSCs do not
always maintain a continuous watch. Regardless of the readiness state
required, RSCs should have sufficient personnel to perform assigned
duties. When activated, RSC personnel have the same responsibilities
and authority as in an RCC. Since the RSC is responsible for SAR
operations in only part of the area, RSC equipment is comparable to, but
usually less extensive than, that of an RCC.
135 Advanced SAR Staging Bases
When SAR missions occur in remote areas, or where communications
facilities are inadequate, advanced SAR Staging Bases are occasionally
used. A SAR Coordinator may transport an SMC, and supporting staff, to
an advanced base of operations. This base should have appropriate
communications equipment, transient dining and housing facilities, SMC
working spaces, and SRU refueling facilities. If and advanced base is
foreseeable, RCCs and RSCs should maintain SMC kits. The kits may
contain appropriate publications, charts of the RCC/RSC's area of
operation, the National SAR Manual and area SAR plan, telephone