About the Operations stage
Page updated: 30 November 2020
The Operations stage is the fourth stage of a SAR operation. It focuses on carrying out plans in a safe, effective, and efficient way. It also involves updating plans where necessary, and documenting all SAR activities.
Follow a process during the Operations stage
This process includes:
- carrying out the Incident Action Plan
- keeping records of the operation
- following processes for communicating with other SAR organisations
- keeping in contact with the families of the subjects
- tasking assigned SAR resources
- monitoring tasked SAR resources
- debriefing SAR resources when a task is completed
- analysing information obtained from tasked SAR resources and other sources
- redeveloping the Incident Action Plan as needed
- re-tasking resources
- repeating the process above until the operation is concluded.
Communicate the state of the SAR operation
A SAR operation has three official states. It will be in the state of being either:
- executed
- suspended
- concluded.
If a SAR operation stops during the period it is being executed, it must only be to:
- gather more information
- investigate further
- analyse information received
- refresh or regroup SAR resources that will be redeployed
- protect SAR resources from being harmed due to environmental conditions.
A SAR operation should only be suspended after the correct process has been completed.
A SAR operation is concluded when all activity associated with the operation has stopped.