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Water Safety & SAR Library
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| Title | Country | Actions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Documents of relevance to SAR | — | International | |||
| International resources by RNLI - Flood, Fishing, First Aid, Aquatic SafetyDrowning prevention documents by RNLI who "worked with partners from around the world to develop these free resources" | — | United Kingdom (UK) | |||
| Search and Rescue Publications List from IMO | — | International | |||
| U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office Digital Library | — | United States of America (USA) | |||
| Text of Convention for Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) | 1914 | International | |||
| Search and Screening | 1966 | United States of America (USA) | |||
| Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual (MERSAR) | 1970 | International | |||
| International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea | 1974 | International | |||
| Search Theory: A mathematical theory for finding lost objects | 1977 | United States of America (USA) | |||
| International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, 1979 (with annex) | 1979 | International |
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