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UNCLAS //N16130//
ALCOAST 054/06
COMDTNOTE 16130
SUBJ: CHANGE 1 TO THE U.S. COAST GUARD SAR ADDENDUM
A. U.S. COAST GUARD ADDENDUM TO THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL SEARCH
AND RESCUE SUPPLEMENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL AERONAUTICAL AND
MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE MANUAL, COMDTINST M16130.2D
1. THIS ALCOAST ANNOUNCES CHANGE 1 TO REF A.
2. THIS CHANGE ESTABLISHES SEVERAL NEW POLICIES AS WELL AS UPDATES
THROUGHOUT THE MANUAL. MAJOR CHANGES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING
SECTIONS:
 A. 1.2.5 EXPANDS ON HEALTH RISKS TO COAST GUARD PERSONNEL.
 B. 1.5.4.1 ADDS THE REQUIREMENT TO NOTIFY STATE OR LOCAL OFFICIALS
OF BOATING ACCIDENTS.
 C. 2.1.5.1 ADDS FURTHER POLICY ON THE MONITORING OF 2182 MHZ.
 D. 2.1.5.8 INCLUDES THE INMARSAT DECISION TO HALT INMARSAT E
BEACON SERVICE.
 E. 2.2.5.5 CLARIFIES ACTION TO BE TAKEN FOR VHF-FM DSC DISTRESS
CALLS ON BOTH THE LEGACY AND R21 SYSTEMS.
 F. 2.5.7.C EXPANDS ASSET TRACKING POLICY.
 G. 2.7.1.4 ADDS CELLULAR TOWER LOCATOR POLICY.
 H. 2.11 ADDS SHIP SECURITY ALERT SYSTEMS POLICY.
 I. 3.4.4.2.B.4-7 CLARIFIES SARSAT 50/50 SPLIT SOLUTIONS AND BEACON
SOLUTIONS WITH GARBLED BEACON ID CODES.
 J. 3.4.9.3.C CLARIFIES ACTIONS FOR 2182 KHZ AUTO ALARMS.
 K. 3.4.13 UPDATES THE AUTOMATED INFORMATION SYSTEM (AIS) SAR
POLICY.
 L. 3.4.14 INTRODUCES THE VESSEL MONITORING SYSTEM (VMS) USE FOR
SAR.
 M. 3.7 EXPANDS THE ASPECTS OF SURVIVAL INFORMATION AND POLICY.
 N. 3.8.3.1 EXPANDS POLICY ON ACTIVE SEARCH SUSPENDED (ACTSUS) TO
INCLUDE CONSIDERATIONS FOLLOWING SECTOR IMPLEMENTATION.
 O. 3.9.2.5 ADDS SAR IMPLICATIONS OF RAPID REPORTING VIA CRITICAL
INCIDENT COMMS PROCEDURES.
 P. 4.2 ADDS THE FORCIBLE EVACUATIONS OF VESSELS POLICY.
 Q. 4.7.7 ADDS PROTOCOLS WHEN ENCOUNTERING INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
 R. 4.8.3 EXPANDS POLICY ON AIR TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN MEDICAL
FACILITIES.
 S. 4.11.2.1 EXPANDS SLDMB DEPLOYMENT CONSIDERATIONS.
 T. 4.11.2.1.I ADDS PROCEDURES FOR COMBINING USCG AND CANADIAN
SLDMB DATA.
 U. 4.11.2.2.B CLARIFIES POLICY ON MARKING SLDMBS AS DEPLOYED.
 V. 4.11.2.3 EXPANDS SLDMB DATA RETRIEVAL AND OUTPUT INFORMATION.
 W. 4.11.9.3 ADDS NEW POLICY ON SLDMB DEACTIVATION AND DISPOSAL.
 X. 4.13 ADDS SAR IMPLICATIONS OF MARITIME LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
VESSEL SAFETY.
 Y. 4.14 ADDS IMPLICATIONS FOR SAR OF PLACES OF REFUGE POLICY.
 Z. 4.15 ADDS PERSONS FALLING OR JUMPING FROM BRIDGES POLICY.
 AA. 5.9 ADDS PASSIVE WATCHSTANDING POLICY.
 AB. 6.6.3 CLARIFIES TRANSPORT OF DIVING ACCIDENT PATIENTS.
 AC. B.3.2-3 ADDS CASE DATA VALIDATION AND CASE DATA REVIEW POLICY.
 AD. B.5.4.7 CLARIFIES "LIVES UNACCOUNTED FOR" POLICY.
 AE. B.5.8 ADDS INCIDENT CLASSIFICATION POLICY.
 AF. H.1.5.1-3 EXPANDS AND CLARIFIES SEARCH PLANNING METHODOLOGY.
 AG. H.3.5.4 ADDS RIVER SAR PLANNING POLICY.
 AH. I.1.5 ADDS INFORMATION ON SIGHTINGS THAT CAN BE MISTAKEN FOR
DISTRESS FLARES, INCLUDING NEW TABLE I-1 MAJOR METEOR SHOWER
ACTIVITIES.
 AI. I.1.6 EXPANDS ASSESSING FLARE SIGHTING REPORTING SOURCE
RELIABILITY.
 AJ. I.5.3 EXPANDS SEARCH PLANNING AFTER ESTABLISHING A DATUM AREA
FOR FLARE SIGHTINGS.
 AK. I.6 ADDS FLARE CASE MISSION CONCLUSION POLICY.
3. A PAPER DISTRIBUTION OF THIS CHANGE WILL BE MADE AND DISTRIBUTED
IN 6 TO 8 WEEKS. IN THE INTERIM, AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THIS
CHANGE CAN BE ACCESSED VIA THE WEB AT THE FOLLOWING SITES:
 A. G-RPR INTERNET SITE:
HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/HQ/G-O/G-OPR/MANUALS.HTM
 B. CG DIRECTIVES SYSTEM ON THE CG
WEB:HTTP://CGWEB2.COMDT.USCG.MIL/CGDIRECTIVES/WELCOME.HTM
 C. CG DIRECTIVES SYSTEM ON THE WWW:
HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/CCS/CIT/CIM/DIRECTIVES/WELCOME.HTM
4. G-RPR POC IS MR. RICH SCHAEFER (202) 267-1089.
5. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.
6. RDML W.E. JUSTICE, DIRECTOR OF ENFORCEMENT AND INCIDENT
MANAGEMENT, SENDS.
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