Normally, what is the primary SRU when available, with the surface ship or rescue boat as secondary?

SAR helicopter

The naval search and rescue standardization program, what instruction (series) outlines SAR certification, qualifications, and training requirements for surface ships, surface RSs, rescue boat crews, and J-Bar Davit rescue crews?

OPNAVINST 3130.6

What provides basic requirements for man overboard, rescue and assistance, rescue of survivors, and aircraft crash and rescue bills that shall be used to organize the ships company for recovery of personnel at sea?

OPNAVINST 3120.32

Per OPNAVINST 3120.32, surface ships shall have a minimum of many fully qualified and equipped surface RS's ?

2

When operations are conducted in cold water conditions, sickbay shall be prepared to treat survivors and rescue personnel for what, and should have sufficient equipment ready whenever cold water operations are scheduled?

Hypothermia

Upon sighting a signaling device, a survivor, or wreckage debris, the lookout should immediately communicate the approximate distance and position relative to the ships heading. Lookouts should be fully briefed and relieved every how often to avoid eye fatigue?

60 minutes

During day light, lookouts shall search for light reflection from mirrors, bright orange smoke, airborne flares, black or bright colored life rafts, and emergency radio beacons transmitting on 121.5, 243.0, or what?

282.8 MHz

What makes the final decision of which SRU will make the recovery?

OSC

What provides general rules to be followed by rescue ships and helicopters when both are on station?

ATP 10

Upon clearing the survivor from the parachute and pulling the survivor how many feet from the parachute, the RS shall give a thumbs up signal to the rescue boat. The survivor and the RS should then be recovered into the boat?

6-8 feet

Use of patient restraint straps with hook and pile tape are no longer authorized. The rescue litter (stokes) is required to have what type patient straps?

Color coded buckle

What is essential to ejection egress aircrew?

Spinal immobilization

After completion of applicable disentanglement / recovery procedures, the RS shall continue rescue breathing for the survivor every how many seconds until recovery by he SRU?

15-20

Although the standard ships organization manual specified that at least how many heaving lines made up with international orange vinyl latex balls shall be available for use, experience indicates this number to be a bare minimum?

6

Aircraft crashes involving helicopters may have up to how many survivors?

25

The RS's tending line may be used to assist the RS back to the ship if requested by the RS using what hand signal?

"Heaven around, tending line"

Most surface ships have J-Bar davits that are designated for rescue. Use of a properly rigged J-Bar davit is the only approved way of housing a RS and/or survivor out of the water. The hoisting line shall be a minimum of how many fathoms in length with the rescue hook attached?

20

What is a quick and easy way to deploy or recover the RS or recover a survivor during a shipboard operation?

Rescue strop

When conducting dual hoisting of RS and survivor during fore castle recovery, the inhaul line shall be manned with a minimum of how many personnel?

8

There are two standard hoisting methods that can be utilized. These methods consist of what?

Plumb hover and the trail line procedure

Information for passenger manifesting and briefing of handling crews are outlined in chapter 5 of what publication?

NWP 3-04.1

If landing is not practical, the transfer will be made via hoist. The pilot will make his approach to the ship by flying into the relative wind and establishing a what?

Plumb hover

The helicopter maintains a how many knot forward air taxi, where the rescue boat takes a four o'clock position relative to the helicopter hoist operator?

5-10