CG-OAR11 Search and Rescue Coordination

Core Skills

• search and rescue coordination
• maritime operations planning
• aeronautical search planning
• incident command
• multi agency coordination
• emergency communications
• resource management
• risk assessment
• operational reporting

Civilian Career Paths

• Emergency Management
• Transportation Management
• Project Management

Training & Development

What the Work Involves

• Develop and maintain liaisons with municipalities, county departments, and similar entities to facilitate plan development, response effort coordination, and exchanges of personnel and equipment.
• Coordinate disaster response or crisis management activities, such as ordering evacuations, opening public shelters, and implementing special needs plans and programs.
• Prepare emergency situation status reports that describe response and recovery efforts, needs, and preliminary damage assessments.
• Question callers to determine their locations and the nature of their problems to determine type of response needed.
• Determine response requirements and relative priorities of situations, and dispatch units in accordance with established procedures.

Typical preparation for these civilian roles: a four-year degree or equivalent experience.