Duties

The most important national and international duties:

  • Is responsible for readiness in operations and communications on a 24-hour basis
  • Monitors emergency traffic and makes sure that maritime rescue sub-centres also receive it
  • Maintains a situation picture over national and international SAR resources
  • Determines the division of national resources
  • Operates as a SPOC point of Finland
  • Alerts foreign SAR authorities
  • Alerts national resources abroad
  • Is responsible for SAR contacts to authorities of other states
  • Follows the international development of the search and rescue branch
  • Develops and standardizes operations models, training and equipment

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The most important regional duties:

  • Is responsible for SAR measures taken because of emergency traffic or other distress situations
  • Determines the phase of emergency
  • Is responsible for alerting maritime rescue units and providing them with tasks
  • Designates coordinators of SAR operation
  • Decides on termination of search and rescue actions



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