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AIM

4/20/23

6

2

5

Emergency Services Available to Pilots

organizations. Services include search for missing aircraft, survival aid, rescue, and emergency medical help for
the occupants after an accident site is located.

b. National Search and Rescue Plan.

By federal interagency agreement, the National Search and Rescue

Plan provides for the effective use of all available facilities in all types of SAR missions. These facilities include
aircraft, vessels, pararescue and ground rescue teams, and emergency radio fixing. Under the plan, the U.S. Coast
Guard is responsible for the coordination of SAR in the Maritime Region, and the USAF is responsible in the
Inland Region. To carry out these responsibilities, the Coast Guard and the Air Force have established Rescue
Coordination Centers (RCCs) to direct SAR activities within their regions. For aircraft emergencies, distress,
and urgency, information normally will be passed to the appropriate RCC through an ARTCC or FSS.

c. Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Centers. 

(See TBL 6

2

2.)

TBL 6

2

2

Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Centers

Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Centers

Alameda, CA
510

437

3701

Miami, FL
305

415

6800

Boston, MA
617

223

8555

New Orleans, LA
504

589

6225

Cleveland, OH
216

902

6117

Portsmouth, VA
757

398

6390

Honolulu, HI
808

541

2500

Seattle, WA
206

220

7001

Juneau, AK
907

463

2000

San Juan, PR
787

289

2042

d. Air Force Rescue Coordination Centers. 

(See TBL 6

2

3 and TBL 6

2

4.)

TBL 6

2

3

Air Force Rescue Coordination Center

48 Contiguous States

Air Force Rescue Coordination Center

Tyndall AFB, Florida

Phone

Commercial

850

283

5955

WATS

800

851

3051

DSN

523

5955

TBL 6

2

4

Air Command Rescue Coordination Center

Alaska

Alaskan Air Command Rescue

Coordination Center

Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

Phone

Commercial

907

428

7230

800

420

7230 

(outside Anchorage)

DSN

317

551

7230

e. Joint Rescue Coordination Center. 

(See TBL 6

2

5.)