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Search and Rescue related websites

U.S. Coast Guard Links	U.S. National Organizations
U.S. Coast Guard USCG / National SAR School USCG R&D Center USCG International Ice Patrol USCG Academy USCG Navcen Maritime Communications USCG Operations Systems Center USCG Rescue 21 USCG Auxiliary America's Waterway Watch Amver	National SAR Committee (NSARC) Association for Rescue At Sea (AFRAS) National Association for Search and Rescue(NASAR) FEMA Urban Search and Rescue U.S. Power Squadrons DHS--Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) DOD--Department of Defense U.S. Air Force US Air Force RCC (AFRCC Tyndall AFB) Alaska RCC (11th Rescue Coordination Center) Civil Air Patrol DOC--Department of Commerce NOAA NOAA SARSAT DOT--Department of Transportation FAA--Federal Aviation Administration DOI--Department of the Interior National Park Service FCC--Federal Communications Commission NASA NASA Search & Rescue State SAR Coordinators Contacts
MMSI Issuing Authorities	International Organizations
FCC Online Licensing System U.S. Power Squadrons MMSIIssuing Boat U.S. MMSI Issuing Sea Tow MMSI Issuing	International MaritimeOrganization(IMO) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Telecommunications Union(ITU) Cospas-Sarsat Inmarsat Maritime mobile Access and Retrieval System (MARS) Coastal States that are party to the1979 International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue
Other Nation's Organizations
Canadian National SAR Secretariat Canadian Coast Guard Home Page Civil Air SAR Assoc. Canada Homepage Australian Maritime Safety Authority Australian National Search and Rescue Council Maritime and Coastguard Agency - Great Britain RNLI--Royal National Lifeboat Institution ONSA SAR and Maritime Security National Organization of the Venezuelan Aquatic Spaces RCC Bermuda/Bermuda Harbor Radio Virgin Island Search and Rescue (VISAR) Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile)