Search Coverage

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Air OperationsBranch Director Course

• Inter-agencyOperations

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Expect to Work with Other Agencies
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Whos in charge?

• Sometimes CAP is lead agency, reporting directly
  to AFRCC
• ELT Search
• Interstate missing aircraft
• Intrastate missing aircraft (delegated to CAP
  from HSEM)
• Other times, CAP assists
• In Minnesota, by law, each sheriff is responsible
  for search and rescue in his/her county The
  sheriff is often the IC.

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Whos in charge?

• Command and control of CAP personnel and
  resources always remains within CAP
• CAPF 104 Clearance
• CAP Air Branch tracks flight

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Multiple Wings

• Usually, RCC will generally appoint one IC as
  overall IC for all CAP resources.
• That IC is then the point of contact for RCC
• Other wings can provide resources and personnel
  to assist

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Where does CAP fit in a larger incident
organization?

• More than one possibility
• Entire CAP organization placed in one part of
  incident organization
• CAP personnel spread throughout incident
  organization
• In case of missing aircraft search we would
  likely be in lead role with other agencies
  supporting

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CAP organization in one functional area

• Perhaps CAP is providing just one kind of
  resource (like aircraft)
• CAP officer in charge (a qualified agency liaison
  officer) may be incident Air Branch or CAP Air
  Branch Director
• Advantage easy to understand lines of command

CAP
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CAP organization in many roles

• CAP ALO (agency liaison officer) acts as agency
  representative on IC command staff
• ALO maintains ability to exercise command and
  control with CAP members throughout organization
• CAP must still control its own dispatch and
  flight release procedures, so it must have
  personnel assigned in operations (perhaps as
  deputies or branch directors)

CAP
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Interagency Specific Procedures

• MNICS
• Coast Guard Auxiliary

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Minnesota Incident Command System(MNICS)All
Risk Aviation Operations Plan
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• Participants
• Minnesota Division of Homeland Security and
  Emergency Management- HSEM
• MN Dept. of Public Safety- State Patrol
• Minnesota Wing, Civil Air Patrol US Air Force
  Auxiliary
• MN Dept. of Natural Resources Enforcement- DNR
• MN Army National Guard
• Air Medical Council- EMS
• MN Dept. of Natural Resources-Forestry- DNR
• US Forest Service-Fire- USFS
• US Fish and Wildlife Service- USFWS
• Bureau of Indian Affairs- BIA
• Media
• County Sheriffs

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Past All Risk Events Involving Aircraft from
Multiple Agencies

• 1997 Floods
• St. Peter Tornado
• Andover Fire
• Katie Poerer Search
• 1999 4th of July Blow-down Storm

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Concept

• All air-operations missions are potentially
  multi-agency
• Even an ELT search!
• (Perhaps there is an actual crash, and the news
  media is already there)
• Need protocol for inter-agency communications to
  keep air operations safe

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Status - 2009

• New Draft SAR Annex added to All Risk Plan
• Recognizes need for on-the-ground coordination of
  SAR air operations
• Differentiates between small search areas (lt10
  miles across) and larger ones
• Use of air-to-air communication for coordination
  and separation ineffective for large area
  operations
• Recommends coordination with MIAFC Aviation Desk
  for operations north of Twin Cities

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Initial Response

• Air-to-air tactical frequency
• 122.75 MHz All Risk
• 122.925 MHz Wild-land fire
• Announce direction of entry into incident when 10
  miles out
• Other aircraft at scene will inform incoming
  aircraft of their presence, position, mission,
  and whether or not an Air Tactical Group
  Supervisor is functioning yet

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Initial Response (cont.)

• Air to air briefings on 122.9 if tactical
  frequency is too busy

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Air Tactical Group Supervisor

• Airborne
• Coordinates All Airborne Aircraft
• Responsible to manage separation and safety
• First aircraft onto the scene will normally
  assume the role until formally handing off
  responsibility or leaving the scene

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Extended responses
AIR TACTICAL GROUP SUPERVISOR

• Air Tactical Group Supervisor has two assisting
  coordinators

AIR TANKER / FIXED WING COORDINATOR
HELICOPTER COORDINATOR
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Air-Tanker/Fixed-Wing Coordinator

• Typically airborne position on large incidents
• Coordinates airborne fixed-wing aircraft
• Reports to Air Tactical Group Supervisor

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Helicopter Coordinator

• Can be in the air or on the ground
• Coordinates all airborne helicopters (tactical or
  logistical missions)
• Reports to Air Tactical Group Supervisor

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Complex Missions

• Communications frequency plans exist to support
  more complex missions
• These plans allow simultaneous separate incidents
  (or geographic divisions) to communicate without
  conflicting
• The plans change with time
• Mission staff should coordinate with the
  Minnesota Interagency Fire Center to determine
  the current frequency plans
• Plans have been identified by color. (Example on
  next two slides)
• Air Tactical Group Supervisor and/or Air Support
  Group Supervisor will decide when and if to use
  the communications plans.

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Purple Plan
118.775 MHz(aircraft band) Air to air tactical
170.000 MHz(CAP FM Ch 34) Air to air briefings if 118.775 is too busy
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Gold Plan
119.625 MHz(aircraft band) Air to air tactical
167.950 MHz(CAP FM Ch 35) Air to air briefings if 119.625 is too busy
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Other Frequencies for Joint Operations
122.900 MHz(aircraft band) CTAF for air strips without other frequencies designated
122.925 MHz(aircraft band) Air to air and air to ground designated natural resources frequency and Air to air Canadian border area, two miles either side of border
123.975 MHz(aircraft band) Air to ground air tanker base operations within 10 miles of base
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DNR Flight Following ChannelsProgrammed into MN
Wing FM Radios

• MIFC Air Net Point to Point
• MIFC Air Net East Repeater (Eveleth)
• MIFC Air Net West Repeater (Northome)
• MIFC Air Net South Repeater (Quadna)
• Superior Dispatch

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• US Coast Guard Auxiliary
• Possible Joint Operations with CAP
• Search and Rescue
• Disaster Relief (river spills, etc.)
• Homeland Security (border operations, etc.)

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CG Auxiliary Communications

• MN Wing CAP Aircraft FM radios are programmed for
  Marine band use
• Altitude Restriction 1000 ft AGL
• Frequencies
• Initial Contact on Marine Channel 16 (CAP FM Ch
  29)
• Working Channel is Marine Channel 83(CAP FM Ch
  31)

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CG Auxiliary Communications

• Making Contact
• If possible, make contact with a fixed station
  first
• Coast Guard Auxiliary Station Prescott, this is
  CAPFlight 2143
• Then contact facilities boats on patrol
• US Coast Guard Auxiliary 1 6 9, this is
  CAPFlight 2143

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Describing Navigation Information

• CG Auxiliary personnel usually describe locations
  in terms of river miles
• They should be able to convert to Lat Long for
  us
• If not, ask CAP mission base or CG Aux. station
  to convert
• River charts showing both river miles and
  lat/long are available to download from US Army
  Corps of Engineers

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CG Auxiliary Vocab 101

• Bow-rider runabout with seats in an open bow
• Cigarette boat narrow fast powerboat
• Coxswain facility boat crew commander
• Cruiser luxury boat with interior cabin
• Deck boat boat with single deck and rails
• Facility boat esp. a Coast Guard or CGA boat
• Flotilla Coast Guard local organizational unit
• PFD personal floatation device
• Runabout powerboat smaller than 25 ft with
  outboard engine

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Questions?