1. Rescue Coordination Center This briefing is: UNCLASSIFIED/FOUO
1 AF (CONR-AFNORTH)
Air Force
Rescue Coordination Center
(AFRCC)
Informational
This briefing is: UNCLASSIFIED/FOUO
Lt Col Evan Gardner
Director of Operations
UNCLASSIFIED 1

2. Delineation of Authorities
UNCLASSIFIED
Delineation of Authorities
Treaty
Chicago Conventions of 1944,
(9th ed 2006) – Created ICAO
Federal Civil Policies
National SAR Supplement (NSS)
National SAR Plan (NSP)
DoD Guidance
DoDI DoD support to Civil SAR
SECDEF Delegation
Policy Memorandum
USAF Guidance
AFPD 10-45
UNCLASSIFIED

3. Guidance National SAR Plan
UNCLASSIFIED
Guidance
National SAR Plan
“State and local authorities are responsible for land based SAR…within their respective jurisdictions.”
MOA
Executive Level Agreement to Support
(Governor/CDRAFNORTH)
MOU
Detailed Execution Contract
(State SAR Coordinator/AFRCC)
Flex File
AFRCC Execution Document
UNCLASSIFIED

4. Full Spectrum Rescue AFRCC is an “ask not task agency”
UNCLASSIFIED
Full Spectrum Rescue
AFRCC is an “ask not task agency”
Responsible for 48 states and for assistance to Canada and Mexico
Coordinate with RCCs of all Chicago Convention participants
Coordinates routine SAR missions as requested (ex: lost hiker, missing aircraft)
Missions are below the DSCA or declared emergency/ESF#9 threshold
No forces assigned
Coordinate nearest, most capable federal assets to assist state governments
MOAs with each state cover funding. The state requesting assistance is not billed.
UNCLASSIFIED

5. Additional Responsibilities
UNCLASSIFIED
Additional Responsibilities
National Search and Rescue School (Inland SAR)
Basic Inland Search and Rescue Course (BISC)
USAF advisor to OSD/DPMO (DoD) on National Search and Rescue Committee (NSARC)
NSARC Working Groups
Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) support
Support to foreign RCCs and COCOM JPRCs/PRCCs
SARSAT Program Steering Group & Joint Working Gp
One of three primary funding agencies w/NOAA & USCG
ICAO-IMO Joint SAR Working Group
Federal interface lead for annual state/NASAR/CAP conference(s)
National Crash Locator Database
United States Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) Program
CSEL Support Center (Tertiary world-wide)
Distress Alerting Satellite System (DASS) Program
All required under ICAO/IMO Treaty, NSARC/NSP, DoD Directive, or SARSAT interagency agreement
UNCLASSIFIED

6. 2016 Mission Activity Busiest RCC in the World 7936 INCIDENTS AFRCC
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2016 Mission Activity
Busiest RCC in the World
22/DAY
~90% SOLVED
WITHOUT
FEDERAL RESOURCES
COMMITTED
7936
INCIDENTS
AFRCC
2015 Statistics as of 12 Nov 15:
6374 Incidents
702 Missions
218 Saves
1 LIFE
EVERY
1.03 DAYS
2.7/DAY
969
MISSIONS
OVER 16,554 SAVES SINCE
ACTIVATION IN 1974
354
SAVES
UNCLASSIFIED

7. 2016 Mission Activity 7936 INCIDENTS 969 MISSIONS 22DAY 2.7/DAY
UNCLASSIFIED
2016 Mission Activity
7936
INCIDENTS
22DAY
2015 Statistics as of 12 Nov 15:
6374 Incidents
702 Missions
218 Saves
Year
2013
2014
2015
2016
Incidents
6010
6603
7293
7936
2.7/DAY
969
MISSIONS
UNCLASSIFIED

8. 2016 Mission Activity 7936 INCIDENTS 969 MISSIONS 22DAY 2.7/DAY
UNCLASSIFIED
2016 Mission Activity
7936
INCIDENTS
22DAY
2015 Statistics as of 12 Nov 15:
6374 Incidents
702 Missions
218 Saves
Year
2013
2014
2015
2016
Missions
660
654
797
969
2.7/DAY
969
MISSIONS
UNCLASSIFIED

9. 2016 Mission Activity 7936 INCIDENTS 969 MISSIONS 22DAY 2.7/DAY
UNCLASSIFIED
2016 Mission Activity
7936
INCIDENTS
22DAY
2015 Statistics as of 12 Nov 15:
6374 Incidents
702 Missions
218 Saves
2.7/DAY
969
MISSIONS
Year
2013
2014
2015
2016
Saves
171
212
244
354
UNCLASSIFIED

10. 2016 Mission Activity 7936 INCIDENTS 969 MISSIONS 22DAY 2.7/DAY
UNCLASSIFIED
2016 Mission Activity
7936
INCIDENTS
22DAY
2015 Statistics as of 12 Nov 15:
6374 Incidents
702 Missions
218 Saves
2.7/DAY
969
MISSIONS
Year
2013
2014
2015
2016
Missions
660
654
797
969
Incidents
6010
6603
7293
7936
Saves
171
212
244
354
UNCLASSIFIED

11. 2016 Mission Activity 7936 INCIDENTS 969 MISSIONS 22DAY 2.7/DAY
UNCLASSIFIED
2016 Mission Activity
7936
INCIDENTS
22DAY
2015 Statistics as of 12 Nov 15:
6374 Incidents
702 Missions
218 Saves
2.7/DAY
969
MISSIONS
UNCLASSIFIED

12. UNCLASSIFIED
2016 Mission Activity
Highest total saves during non CISAR year in 20 years
Highest saves to mission ratio during non CISAR year in unit history
7936
INCIDENTS
22DAY
2015 Statistics as of 12 Nov 15:
6374 Incidents
702 Missions
218 Saves
2.7/DAY
969
MISSIONS
UNCLASSIFIED

13. Why? Volume Increase: AFRCC Outreach Plan
Direct Coordination with USCG Disctrics
Direct Coordination with State SAR agencies
Saves to Mission Ratio: Technology and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures overhaul/Technology
Revamped Operating Instruction
Revamped Training
Introduction of Standardization and Evaluation
Increased Utilization of Technology

14. Unique Tools for Searches
UNCLASSIFIED
Unique Tools for Searches
FLIR
Source – USAF, USA, AFRC, ANG, NG, CAP
Results:
All Weather/Anytime Search
Cell Phone Forensics
Source – NHQ CAP
Results:
Recent Activity
Last Known Position (LKP)
Radar Forensics
Sources – USAF, FAA, & NHQ CAP
Results:
Last Known Position (LKP)
Heading, Altitude, & Speed
Maneuvers
Confined Space/High Angle Rescue
Source – USAF, AFRC, ANG, NG
Results:
Mountain-side rescue
Cave, water, collapsed structure search
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15. UNCLASSIFIED
Radar / Cell Data
UNCLASSIFIED

16. 2017 Forecast Expect steady growth
UNCLASSIFIED
2017 Forecast
Expect steady growth
MEOSAR online, and increasing incident volume
Outreach program will continue
Goal to have as many MOUs updated as possible
UNCLASSIFIED

17. Points of Contact Commander – Lt Col James Woosley (DSN 523-5029)
UNCLASSIFIED
Points of Contact
Commander
– Lt Col James Woosley (DSN )
Director of Operations
– Lt Col Evan Gardner (DSN )
AFRCC Console (24/7 ops for civil SAR)
DSN / Comm or
UNCLASSIFIED

18. WEEK 03 TREND DATA
HOW TO:
Right click the table (or double click and bypass step 1-3)
Select Linked Worksheet Object
Select Edit
Fill in Incident, Mission, and Save numbers for the week (Hit enter for the numbers to populate on the PowerPoint)
Fill in overall Calendar Year Incident, Mission, and Save numbers (Hit enter for the numbers to populate on the PowerPoint)
Save and close the Excel sheet
In order to make a new week.
Select the correct week tab on the excel document. (Located under CCV – Stan Eval Trends – Trend Analysis Report 2017 – Mission Metrics 2017
Highlight the table and copy to the clipboard.
Select Paste – Paste Special – Paste Link – Microsoft Excel Worksheet Object
Resize the table as needed.