M1, M2, M3 and M4 - Canadian Coast Guard

PRIMARY CGRESOURCESJRCCRESPONSESAR INCIDENTSECONDARYRESOURCESSORTIETAKING ONWATERTOTAL TIME ONSORTIETASKINGSUNKNOWNINCIDENTThose Coast Guard vessels established and equippedspecifically for SAR and manned with SAR trained crews.Joint Rescue Coordination Centre.Action taken by any unit to render assistance.A reported incident which requires a response by the SARsystem.Aircraft or vessels established for other than SAR, but whichcan be expected to respond (when available) to SARtaskings.Action of a resource rendering assistance. Each actioncomprises a sortie.A vessel’s watertight integrity is lost through somemalfunction, leak, rupture, etc., and the resultant influx ofwater is unmanageable without extraordinary measures.Total time on sortie from homeport/station or diversion fromanother mission until return homeport/station.Deployment of a SAR resource to render assistance.An incident which commences as a search and rescueincident of an unknown type and the source of which isuntraced.53