Search & rescue concept study
Finding people in the water where the sea is full of steel.
Classic search patterns were designed for open water. Offshore wind farms, platforms, ice edges and remote research sites break their assumptions. This project explains the science of maritime search and proposes the Array-Aligned Corridor Search - a pattern built around the turbine grid - plus variants for other hard places.
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Offshore wind farm
Array-Aligned Corridor Search (AACS)
Legs follow the turbine rows so boats and aircraft move through clear corridors.
Oil & gas platform
Safety-Zone Ring and Downdrift Box
Rings start outside the 500 m safety zone while a second unit sweeps the drift box.
Remote open ocean
Drift-Aligned Parallel Box
A long box aligned with the drift direction, searched in parallel legs.
Polar / high latitude
Ice-Edge Contour, Time-Boxed
Legs follow the ice edge where survivors collect, with a hard cold-water time limit.
Offshore research facility
Mooring-Aware Sector + Expanding Square
Fast sector search at the datum, then an expanding square that avoids mooring lines.
For SAR coordinators
Coverage, POD and POS are computed live from sweep width, spacing and drift so you can compare options.
For wind farm teams
Step-by-step actions for the first hour: turbine shutdown, first responder search, handover to the coastguard.
For learners
Plain-language explanations of each standard IAMSAR pattern with animated tracks.
Concept study for education and planning discussion. Not an official SAR procedure — always follow your rescue coordination centre, IAMSAR and national guidance.