# SAR Organization: State Responsibilities, SRR Design, and International Cooperation

> Review SAR organizational principles, including 24-hour State responsibilities, SAR region design criteria, and cross-border rescue cooperation.

- **Subject:** 010 — Air Law
- **Section:** 010-11 — Search and Rescue (SAR)
- **Topic code:** 010-11-02
- **Last reviewed:** 2026-03-27
- **Author:** Pablo Asensio Martínez
- **HTML version:** https://pilotsyllabus.com/en/air-law/search-and-rescue-sar/sar-organisation/

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## State Responsibilities
*   Contracting States shall arrange for the establishment and provision of search and rescue services within their territories **on a 24-hour basis**.
*   **SAR Regions (SRR):** Shall be established to cover the entire area. Regions **should not overlap** and neighboring regions should be **contiguous**.
*   Over the high seas or areas of undetermined sovereignty, responsibility is determined by regional air navigation agreements.

## Cooperation
States should permit immediate entry of rescue units of other States to search for accident sites and rescue survivors, coordinating with the local RCC.

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