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Engrained in the ethos of this enterprise is the ideal that ​​saving lives must take advantage of all available resources. Learn about a recent effort for a new IASARC partnership that will leverage the vast network of Global SAR Resources throughout Asia to inform and improve IASARC’s SAR coordination certification program. 

What exactly is the Global SAR System? In a single sentence, it is a network of organizations and resources that collaborate to support individuals in distress. But it is so much more than that. To offer our readers and the global SAR community a better and more profound understanding of the world’s critical lifesaving system, I turn to a dear friend and colleague, Mr. Rick Button, who is the Chief, Coordination Division, Office of Search and Rescue, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, D.C., and the Secretary, U.S. National Search and Rescue Committee.

The Contemporary Problem of Search can be summed up in a word: pixels. The pixel can be collected from an aircraft, surface vessel, drone, or satellite. But how do you turn the collected pixels into actionable information that search and rescue (SAR) responders can use to save lives?

During an international search effort for a missing sailor who is believed to have gone overboard from the USS George Washington, a question inevitably comes to mind: What if they didn't have to search in the first place? 

Pete Comer is far too humble to accept praise or allow himself to be in the spotlight. Nevertheless, his story is worth telling, not for his benefit, but for our inspiration. 

The young girl who fell from the 4th deck of the Disney Dream cruise ship on June 29th was fortunate to have the world’s best man overboard (MOB) detection system on watch – a vigilant parent.