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AFRCC SARSAT Mission Brief. SSgt Chris Uppling AFRCC/Systems. Purpose. This is an informative briefing on the AFRCC mission and annual update. AFRCC Mission Statement.
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AFRCC SARSATMission Brief SSgt Chris Uppling AFRCC/Systems
Purpose This is an informative briefing on the AFRCC mission and annual update.
AFRCC Mission Statement Continuously building a coordinated Search and Rescue network ensuring timely, effective lifesaving operations WHENEVER and WHEREVER needed - COOPERATION - COORDINATION - EDUCATION
AFRCC Charter • Coordinate federal inland commercial, military, and interstate aeronautical SAR in contiguous U.S. • Manage all inland distress beacon searches • Broker federal support to non-aircraft missions • Mercy/MEDEVAC/SRU Transport/Rescue/Search • Validate requests - life, limb, eyesight, or undue suffering • Considerations for use of federal or DoD assets • Not-to-interfere with military mission • State & local assets capability exhausted • Posse Comitatus Act “Ask, Not Task” - No Tasking Authority
AFRCC Organization NORTHCOM (ADM Winnefeld) 1st AIR FORCE (MG Dean) 601st Air Operations Center (Col Spear) Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (LtCol Tomko) Rescue Coordination Center (Tyndall AFB, FL) National SAR School (Yorktown, VA)
SINGLE FEDERAL AGENCY FOR AERONAUTICAL SEARCH AND RESCUE IN THE INLAND AREA OF THE UNITED STATES Tyndall AFB, FL
Contacting The AFRCC 24 hour Operations Console : 1-800-851-3051 FAX : 850-283-5101 Command Section Commercial : 850-283-5129 FAX : 850-283-5490 E-mail: afrcc.console@tyndall.af.mil Find us on the internet: http://www.facebook.com/?sk=2361831622#!/AmericasAOC http://www.1af.acc.af.mil/units/afrcc/ http://1afnorth.region1.ang.af.mil/AFRCC/default.aspx
AFRCC INTEL FAA WX AIRSPACE CAP LO LEGAL
2010 Mission Activity ~83% SOLVED WITHOUT FEDERAL RESOURCES COMMITTED 16/DAY 5823 INCIDENTS AFRCC 1.5 LIVES EVERY DAY 3/DAY 1010 MISSIONS OVER 15,517 SAVES SINCE ACTIVATION IN 1974 549** SAVES
Beacon Incidents Silenced by: 5253 121.5 - 704 MX - 1784 243.0 - 11 Owner - 551 406 ELT - 3441 Pilot - 429 406 EPIRB - 209 CAP - 336 406 PLB - 693 Airport - 114 PRC/URTs - 195 Others - State, FAA, etc International Beacon Incidents 550 (~10%) of AFRCC beacon incidents Most in Southwest Asia 2010 BEACON ACTIVITY
SAR Incident Management System Web Based for multiple users - RCCNet Real-time automated receipt of SARSAT emergency beacon detections Software includes Mission Log Search Planning Contacts Resource Tracking Survival Model Objective Info Activity database Google Earth GIS SIMS
AFRCC Education • AFRCC is beginning an increased education process for our controllers with visits to: • ARTCC / FSS (FAA) • USCG District RCCs • State EOCs / JOCs • Regional Conferences and Exercises • Other agencies AFRCC works with . . .