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What is the purpose of Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement (MISLE)?

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a. Case management tool for SAR response
1. Measure unit workload and effectiveness
2. Determine resource utilization and needs
3. Justify budget requests to meet projected
requirements
4. Analyze system operations for potential savings
5. Promulgate policies and procedures to more
effectively manage the overall SAR program.

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SAR case data captured in MISLE is utilized throughout the Coast Guard for reporting out SAR measurements. What do those measurements include?

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Lives saved, lives lost, property saved, time entries for response assets

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When is a SAR case opened?

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A SAR case shall be officially opened in MISLE for each instance the Coast Guard is specifically requested to render assistance.

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When shall units open a new MISLE case?

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No later than one hour after notification.

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When shall a unit enter a SAR sortie into MISLE?

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A unit shall enter a SAR sortie into MISLE each time one of its resources is dispatched to respond to a SAR Incident.

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Sortie activity shall not be used for……what?

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Sortie data shall not be used to report coordination and communication efforts.

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Who enters the data for afloat reporting units?

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Afloat reporting units shall have their data entered by their Administrative Control (ADCON) Commander.

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What is the SMC responsible for?

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SMC is responsible for ensuring completion of the entire set of SAR data for each case. If SMC is reassigned during a case, the designated SMC, upon termination of the case, shall fulfill these requirements.

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Who enters sortie data for non-Coast Gard resources?

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SMC shall also ensure all sortie data, for non-Coast Guard resource, is accurately documented in the case.

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What are helicopters deployed aboard cutters considered to be?

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Helos deployed aboard cutters for other than SAR purposes but which are utilized to prosecute a SAR incident shall be considered an extension of the cutter.

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To whom do resources that are TAD to another OPFAC report SAR cases under?

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Resources that are TAD to another OPFAC shall report SAR cases under their own OPFAC.

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Who enters AMVER vessel participation sorties?

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SMC and all uses of AMVER vessels shall be documented as part of a case.

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When is MISLE data mandatory?

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Units shall consider every field for which they have data as mandatory for entry purposes.

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Who is responsible to ensure the entire set of required MISLE data has been entered for all SAR cases?

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SMC

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Who is authorized to validate MISLE cases?

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Each Command shall designate in writing individuals with the authority to validate MISLE case information and change the status of the MISLE IMA.

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Personnel who are authorized to validate MISLE cases are required to have what two things?

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These individuals must be familiar with the case and have message release authority.

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When is a case validated?

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A case is validated when all appropriate MISLE entries have been made, and the information and timeline are correct, thorough, and accurately reflect the case.

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When should the entire MISLE case be validated?

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Within 12 hours of the case conclusion the entire MISLE case shall be validated.

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When a MISLE case is validated, what is the SMC’s IMA changed to?

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SMC’s MISLE IMA status must be changed from “Open-In Progress” to “Open-Submitted for Review”

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What are the statuses of other IMAs associated with the case changed to by the owning unit?

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The status of all other IMAs associated with the case shall be changed by the owning units to “Closed-Agency Action Complete” or “Open-Suspended” or other appropriate status at case conclusion.

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When a case is validated and concluded, what is the status of all sorties changed to?

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The status of all sorties associated with the case shall be changed by the owning units to “Closed-Agency Action Complete.”

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What do you do with open cases prior to watch relief?

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As part of the OU watch relief, all open in progress cases shall be validated by the off going watch. An entry shall be placed in the Controlling Unit’s IMA to indicate that the MISLE case has been validated.

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Who are the individuals that are tasked with reviewing MISLE activity?

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Each Command shall designate in writing an individual tasked with completing the review of all MISLE activity at the unit.

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Who changes the status of the IMA to “Closed-Agency Action Complete or “Open-Suspended?”

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MISLE Review Officer

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During the case review process, who ensures that all activities in the case are set to the proper status?
MISLE Review Officer
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When shall the final review of a MISLE case be completed?
Final review shall be completed within five days of case conclusion for SAR.
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What are the fields within the Notification Activity?
a. Incident Type b. Notification Method c. Specific Notification Problem d. Incident Date - Time e. Notification Date - Time f. General Location g. Reporting Source name and number
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How many SAR IMAs per command?
A unit shall not have more than one SAR IMA per command
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What are the IMA mandatory fields?
a. Activity Title b. Activity Start Date c. Activity Status d. Initial weather e. Attachments (scanned documents)
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What fields are required that the Activity Status depends upon?
The information in Activity Details, Primary Location, Incident Classification, Incident Summary.
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What Activity Details are to be completed?
a. Uninvestigated cause b. False Alert Cause (if FA, Suspected FA, or Hoax) c. Location Type d. Search Debrief (1. Search conducted, subject located inside or out of search area, or after search suspended.) e. SAR System used
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What required fields are within the MISLE case?
These fields include: a. SMC b. Results (saving, losing, or assisting persons/property) c. Case Status d. Team Members
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Resource Sortie Activity fields include:
a. Resource used b. Mission Type c. Times and Positions that apply d. Sortie Owner e. Launch delay (greater than B-0/30 min launch req) f. ORM information g. Target location method h. Aborted (if prior to arrival o/s or in search area) i. Wx j. Results for sortie k. Sortie status l. Sensors or Equipment m. Rescue personnel n. Team member o. Comments
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What zone should all times be entered in?
All times entered shall be entered in Zulu.
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Where shall data be entered for re-opened case?
Data for a re-opened case shall be entered under its original case number and electronic file.
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For Incident Date-Time, what time do you use for SARSAT incidents?
For SARSAT incidents use the time the beacon was detected.
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For Notification Date-Time, what time do you use for SARSAT incidents?
For SARSAT incidents, use the time the alert is received.
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How much time does MISLE automatically allot as a default setting for each communications action?
MISLE automatically allots 5 minutes as a default setting for each communications action as entered in the IMA timeline when only a start time is entered.
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What is entered if a communication action extends beyond 15 minutes?
If communication action extends beyond 15 minutes, an end time shall be entered.
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When does a SAR sortie begin?
A SAR sortie begins when: 1) An a/c is launched for SAR, or is diverted for response to SAR incident 2) A vessel gets u/w or is diverted for response to a SAR incident
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When is a SAR sortie terminated?
A SAR sortie is considered terminated when: 1) An a/c lands or shuts down its engines upon return from a SAR incident or is diverted from SAR incident. 2) A vessel anchors or moors following involvement in a SAR mission or is diverted from a SAR mission.
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What happens if a resource is diverted from another mission to respond to a SAR incident?
A resource which diverts from another mission to respond to a SAR incident, or diverts away from a SAR incident to another mission, shall only report the time spent on the SAR mission in the sortie.
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What is entered into MISLE for unassigned patterns?
For unassigned patterns - enter into the comments section a complete description of any search patterns performed in addition to or instead of the assigned search patterns.
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What shall resources do and need to obtain prior to deviating from their assigned patterns?
Resources shall not deviate from their assigned patterns without first informing the OSC/SMC and obtaining their concurrence.
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For notification position entires, what shall be done about VHF uncorrelated distress calls?
For VHF uncorrelated MAYDAY or automated distress no specific position shall be entered. A generalized area where the call originated shall be entered.
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What is required anytime the incident report is based on a visual sighting?
The locations of reporting sources are required anytime the incident report is based on a visual sighting. 1) Flare and other visual distress signal sightings 2) Sightings from a vessel of another vessel in distress 3) Sightings from shore of persons or vessels in distress
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What is required for each time entry in the Response Sortie?
For each time entry in the Response Sortie Activity, a corresponding position is required.
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What is required for the Sortie End Position when the resource is diverted or ending a sortie for fuel/logistics?
When diverted or ending a sortie for fuel/logistics, the position at the time of being diverted or the position where the resource stopped for logistics shall be entered.
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The primary location serves as the central point for the events associated with any activity or case. Within each case and activity a primary location shall be selected except for what?
Within each case and activity a primary location shall be selected except for those specific situations where a position cannot be determined.
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What shall the entries in narrative fields look like?
Entries in the open narrative fields in MISLE shall be in standard sentence format, (upper/lower case)
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What shall the narrative fields in MISLE contain?
Narrative fields should contain sufficient information to recreate the described action.
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What is the Original Distress Alert Method?
The specific method used by the person in distress to alert the SAR system shall be entered.
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If a distress alert is relayed, what method shall be entered?
If a distress alert is relayed, the method that shall be entered is the original method, not how the particular CG unit received the alert.
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What shall be documented in MISLE if a distress alert is relayed?
Information regarding the method of relay notification method shall be documented in an IMA Response Log entry.
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What is required to be entered into MISLE regarding emergency phases?
A timeline entry to identify the emergency phase determined for the case (Uncertainty, Alert, Distress).
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What is included when entering Lives data?
Lives data shall include all persons involved in a case that are affected by the incident.
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For MEDEVACS and MEDICOS, what is counted regarding Lives data?
For MEDEVACS and MEDICOS, only the person benefiting from the medical assistance shall be counted.
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What do Lives at the case level reflect?
Lives at the case level reflect the actual number of persons assisted by the CG.
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What must the lives in all categories equal?
The lives in all categories must equal the total number of persons involved.
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What is required to count a life as lost?
To count a life as lost there must be a body recovered; otherwise it shall be entered within the Lives Unaccounted for category.
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What are the "Lives lost before notification"?
Lives lost before notification are those lives lost which to the best of the reporting unit's knowledge occurred before notification of the incident was made to the Coast Guard.
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What are "Lives lost after notification"?
Lives lost after notification are those lives lost which occurred after notification was made to the Coast Guard.
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What subcategories account for lives lost after notification?
1) Lives lost after alongside 2) Lives lost after onboard assisting 3) Lives lost after reaching shore facility
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What are lives unaccounted for?
Lives unaccounted for are those known persons missing at the end of a SAR response.
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What persons are counted under "lives unaccounted for"?
Only those persons who can be identified by name or by specific count of persons shall be counted.
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Are reports of probable person missing counted as lives unaccounted for?
Reports of probable persons missing shall not be counted.
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When entering property data, what is included regarding fishing vessels?
For a fishing vessel, the value of catch on board shall be included in values entered as appropriate.
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When entering property data, what if a portion of the property is damaged or lost and the remainder is saved?
If a portion of the property is damaged or lost and the remainder is saved, values of each shall be entered in the appropriate category.
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How are vessel values found?
Vessel values shall be found by using the property value tool within MISLE.
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What does property data at the case level reflect?
Property data at the case level reflects the actual value of property assisted by the Coast Guard.
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What is property saved?
Property saved is the estimated value of property that would have been lost had the rescue action not been taken.
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What is property lost/totaled?
Property lost/totaled is the estimated value of property that is either absolutely lost, including property that is know to have sunk.
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What is the Property Unaccounted for category used for?
Property Unaccounted for is the estimated value of property that at the end of a SAR response remains missing - ONLY USED FOR cases where the fate of the property is unknown and does not include property observed or known to have sunk.
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How is distance to on scene entered?
Distance to scene shall be entered from the homeport if the resource is dispatched from there, or from the point diverted to the SAR sortie.
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How is distance offshore entered?
Distance offshore shall be entered as the distance from the closest point of land to the incident location.
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For SAR, what is incident classification related to?
For SAR the incident classification is related to the actual threat to lives and property.
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What is the threshold for a Major case?
1) Case that involves loss of life/property, lives/property saved, or unaccounted for lives/property. 2) Case that requires the use of SAROPS to calculate a drifted datum. 3) Case that has high media/political interest 4) Case involving SMC shift to next higher level.
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What is the threshold for a Minor case?
1) Any case that cannot be categorized as a major case IAW the above. This includes but is not limited to cases such as: 2) Probable false alerts 3) Cases with only assistance to lives or property. 4) Cases that resolve on their own. 5) Cases where the only Coast Guard involvement is a communications schedule.
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May multiple mission areas and separate classification levels for each mission are be entered?
Yes, multiple mission areas and separate classification levels for each mission area may be entered.
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Where is incident classification level displayed?
Incident classification is displayed on the "Case Details" page within MISLE
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Where is the incident classification level entered?
Incident classification is entered via the "Incident Management" page, within the Incident Summary tab.
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When MISLE requires the input of a vessel or person, how is it done?
Whenever MISLE requires the input of a vessel or person, it shall be done by using the MISLE selection process.
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What shall vessels and people being assisted be entered as?
Vessels and people being assisted shall be added as involved subjects.
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What shall units not use when the vessel is available in the MISLE database?
Units shall not use free-form vessel name entry when the vessel is available in the MISLE database.
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Where are the results of all units' risk management assessments documented?
The results of all units' risk management assessments shall be documented in MISLE.
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In addition to selecting the GAR color and entering a score, why shall comments be entered in the narrative section?
In addition to selecting the GAR color and entering a score, comments in the narrative section of the Resource Sortie Activity shall be entered to document any specific measures taken to reduce risk.
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Is the standard use of PPE or other standard procedures documented? What shall be documented?
No. The standard use of PPE or other standard procedures need not be documented. Only those actions, equipment, additional personnel assigned specifically TO MITIGATE THE RISK shall be documented.
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What shall be made to document required risk assessments and briefings?
Response Log entries shall be made documenting required risk assessments and briefings.
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What shall documentation include regarding risk management?
Documentation shall include models employed, scores, and any specific measures taken to reduce risk.
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What shall SMCs ensure regarding risk?
SMCs shall ensure all required risk assessments are conducted and documented.
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What shall be entered into the sortie regarding sensors and equipment?
Any sensors or equipment that significantly affect the results of a sortie, either positively or negatively shall be included in the sortie.
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What is required concerning equipment that is loaded for a specific case, but not part of the platform?
Equipment that is not part of the platform, but is loaded for a specific case (e.g pumps) shall be noted.
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What is required concerning CG Rescue swimmers, surface swimmers, non-conventional assets (PJ deployments)?
CG Rescue swimmers, surface swimmer and deployment of non-conventional assets (PJs) shall be noted and recorded.
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What shall be entered for each sortie and be included the "area name and description"?
Complete weather shall be entered for each sortie and the "area name and description" shall include search area designation (i.e A-1, A-2) to include all the information under both the weather and water condition tabs.
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What shall be attached to the MISLE IMA?
All information available in digital form shall be included as an attachment (e.g PSDA report, SAROPS export file, etc)
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What timeline entries shall be documented at the conclusion of a SAR case?
One of the following timeline entries shall be documented at the conclusion of a SAR case: a) Case Closed for SAR; or b) ACTSUS Granted
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If a case conclusion is classified as ACTSUS, what information shall be included as a timeline entry?
If a case conclusion is classified as ACTSUS, the following information shall be included as a timeline entry: Person (rank/name) granting ACTSUS POS data PSDA data Any other supporting information pertinent in the ACTSUS decision making process

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