SAR EXAMS SET 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS EXPERT
REVIEWED GRADED A+
●● What are the five stages of SAR?
Answer: Awareness
Initial actions
planning
operations
conclusion
(Sometimes these stages are not in order or can overlap)
●● What are the three ways to communicate distress?
Answer: Visual
Electronic
Audio
●● You recieve a distres alarm on a DSC reciever. it is equivalent to a/an
Answer: MAYDAY
●● What are the three emergency phases
,Answer: Uncertainty
Alert
distress
●● What are the five components of the SAR system?
Answer: Organization
Resources
Communications
Emergency Car
Documentation
●● What are the Three primary geographic divisions of the National
SAR System?
Answer: Inland :Air Force
Maritime: Coast Guard
Overseas: Unified Commanders?
●● As OSC who would you make recommondations to for plan
modification?
Answer: Make recommondations to the Sar Mission Coord. (SMC)
●● Who is responsible for providing appropriate legal and funding
support for the RCC?
, Answer: Sar Coordinator (Is the district commander and has the overal
responsibility for managing SAR system)
●● would a WPB in B-12 be available for urgent sar?
Answer: NO! High readiness for WPB is 0-2 hours
They would not be available for urgent sar
●● What is a Search Action Plan (SAP)
Answer: Used to pass information down chain of command from SMC
or OSC to SRU
●● What is a SITREP/
Answer: Used to pass information UP the chain of command from SRU
to OSC or SMC
●● What information does the SUBJECT LINE of a SITREP contain?
Answer: Emergency phase, SITREP sequence # and vessel name or brief
situation description.
EXAMPLE: SUBJ: DISTRESS SITREP ONE 30FT P/C ORION
COLLISION WITH DRUMMOND ISLAND
●● What is the critical function of a well constructed SITREP subject
line?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS EXPERT
REVIEWED GRADED A+
●● What are the five stages of SAR?
Answer: Awareness
Initial actions
planning
operations
conclusion
(Sometimes these stages are not in order or can overlap)
●● What are the three ways to communicate distress?
Answer: Visual
Electronic
Audio
●● You recieve a distres alarm on a DSC reciever. it is equivalent to a/an
Answer: MAYDAY
●● What are the three emergency phases
,Answer: Uncertainty
Alert
distress
●● What are the five components of the SAR system?
Answer: Organization
Resources
Communications
Emergency Car
Documentation
●● What are the Three primary geographic divisions of the National
SAR System?
Answer: Inland :Air Force
Maritime: Coast Guard
Overseas: Unified Commanders?
●● As OSC who would you make recommondations to for plan
modification?
Answer: Make recommondations to the Sar Mission Coord. (SMC)
●● Who is responsible for providing appropriate legal and funding
support for the RCC?
, Answer: Sar Coordinator (Is the district commander and has the overal
responsibility for managing SAR system)
●● would a WPB in B-12 be available for urgent sar?
Answer: NO! High readiness for WPB is 0-2 hours
They would not be available for urgent sar
●● What is a Search Action Plan (SAP)
Answer: Used to pass information down chain of command from SMC
or OSC to SRU
●● What is a SITREP/
Answer: Used to pass information UP the chain of command from SRU
to OSC or SMC
●● What information does the SUBJECT LINE of a SITREP contain?
Answer: Emergency phase, SITREP sequence # and vessel name or brief
situation description.
EXAMPLE: SUBJ: DISTRESS SITREP ONE 30FT P/C ORION
COLLISION WITH DRUMMOND ISLAND
●● What is the critical function of a well constructed SITREP subject
line?
