Translation of "Space System for the Search Vessels in Distress " (English → French) :

C. whereas there is still a lack of clarity at EU level regarding the division of responsibility among the various entities involved in rendering assistance to vessels in distress, and regarding responsibility for coordinating search and rescue operations;

We observed a CH-149 Cormorant, with the assistance of CC-115 Buffalo fixed-wing search and rescue aircraft, approach a small vessel in distress and parachute search and rescue technicians into the water and hoist their colleagues to safety.

D. whereas the joint operation Triton, coordinated by FRONTEX, became fully operational on 1 November 2014; whereas Triton has only a third of Mare Nostrum’s geographical scope; whereas the operational area of Triton covers only 30 sea miles off the Italian coast, while Mare Nostrum was operating on the high seas, much closer to the Libyan coast; whereas most refugee boats get into distress close to the Libyan coast; where the mandate of FRONTEX is to carry out border surveillance and prevent illegal migration, and it therefore cannot therefore undertake search ...[+++] and rescue proactively, but only as a secondary task where a ship or vessel is in distress; acknowledging, however, that Triton assets have been used for search and rescue under the coordination of the Italian Search and Rescue Coordination Centre;

When, in the course of a sea operation, the participating units have reason to believe that they are facing a phase of uncertainty, alert or distress as regards a vessel or any person on board, they shall promptly transmit all available information to the Rescue Coordination Centre responsible for the search and rescue region in which the situation occurs and they shall place themselves at the disposal of that Rescue Coordination C ...[+++]entre .

Figures for 1992 indicate that primary Coast Guard search and rescue vessels responded to over 41 per cent of all marine search and rescue taskings in Canada and saved the lives of 1,200 persons in distress (b) The Canadian Marine Rescue Auxiliary provides invaluable assistance to mariners in distress.

When you think of environmental monitoring, national resource management, disaster assistance, mitigation, the Internet, telephone systems, search and rescue, GPS navigation, weather forecasting, these are all areas where space systems have dramatically improved our lives and our business.