UN/USA Training on Satellite Aided Search and Rescue

Please Note – The training will take place in the Deauville Hotel on the Mezzanine (M) Level. Registration and Continental Breakfast begin at 8:00 am on Monday, Jan 19 with the training beginning at 9:00 am.

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Agenda

 National Reports

Bahamas	Barbados
Jamaica	Belize
Martinique	Bermuda SAR RCC
Mexico	Haiti
Netherlands Antilles	COCESNA
Argentina	Dominican Republic SAR Navy SAR SPOC
Brazil	Guatemala
Chile SAR MCC	Australia
United States USA AFRCC USA Alert Message Formats USA Cospas-Sarsat Emergency Beacons USA EPIRB False Alert Study 2 USA EPIRB False Alerts USA How EPIRBs Work USA IHDB False Alert Reason USA Local User Terminals USA Space Segment USA USCG D7 Case Studies USA USCG SAR USA USMCC-SPOC Communications

Cospas-Sarsat System Overview

   Ms Cheryl Bertoia, Cospas-Sarsat Secretariat

Emergency Beacons

   Mr. Sam Baker, NOAA/SSAI

Space Segment

   Mr. Mickey Fitzmaurice, NOAA

Ground Stations

   Mr. Manuel Valenzuela, NOAA/CSC

Beacon Registration

   Mr. Joe Wagenhofer, NOAA/SSAI

International Beacon Registration Database

   Ms. Cheryl Bertoia, Cospas-Sarsat Secretariat

Mission Control Centers

   Mr. Rene Igor Vivoy Alarcon, Chile

MCC Communications and SIT Message Overview

   Mr. Tom Griffen, NOAA/SSAI

MCC Communications and SIT Message Overview Part II

   Mr. Chris Payne, Australia Mission Control Center

The IMSAR Manual

and Requesting Additional SAR Information

Inland Rescue Coordination Centers

   Mr. Danny Conley, USAF/AFRCC

Maritime Rescue Coordination Centers

   LCDR Kathy Niles, USCG and USCG D-7

Rescue Coordination Centers and SPOCs

Ramon Antonio Piron Bautista, Dominican Republic/IDAC

   Denis Rowe, Bermuda/ RCC

Rescues and Case Studies

   OS1 George Bannon, USCG, District 7

Beacon False Alerts

   CAPT Larry Yarborough, USCG (ret.)

Documents Used in the Training