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Philippine Rescue Coordination Center
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 The Philippine Rescue Coordination Center (PRCC) provides the search and rescue service required by civil aviation. The unit is co-located with the Area Control Center and operationally linked with all relevant air traffic control service facilities.
Managed and directly supervised by the Air Traffic Service (ATS) of the Air Transportation Office (ATO), Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC). Manned by air traffic controllers specifically trained and rated as Search & Rescue Mission Coordinators (SMC) and operated on a 24-hour basis. The SAR service is performed in co-operation with:
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- Department of National Defense(DND)
- Philippine Coast Guard (DOTC)
- Office of Civil Defense (NDCC- National Disaster Coordinating Council)
- Government agencies with SAR or emergency response capabilities
- Non-government organizations structured to response to emergencies
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Communication Systems Capability
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Area of Responsibility
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| The Philippine RCC is responsible for alerting and coordinating the SAR response/ operations within the Philippine SRR (Search and Rescue Region) coinciding with the Manila Flight Information Region (FIR).
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| Emergency Frequencies |
| 121.5 MHz VHF |
AM Voice/data |
Generally limited to line of sight. |
Most ATS facilities, military towers; an ELT or EPIRB transmitting on 121.5MHz may make this frequency impractical for communications. |
| 243.0 MHz VHF |
AM Voice/data |
Generally limited to line of sight. |
Military emergency frequency. |
| 123.1 MHz VHF |
AM Voice |
Generally limited to line of sight. |
SAR operations; on-scene comm. |
| 2182 kHz HF |
R3E, H3E, J3E, J2A, J2B
radiotelephony |
Generally less than 300 miles for average aircraft installations. |
International Maritime voice distress, safety, and calling frequency.
Silence period on this frequency are observed for three minutes (3 min.) twice an hour. Beginning on the hour and at 30 minutes past each hour to facilitate reception of distress calls.
Ships, boats at sea, Coast Guard Stations, commercial coast stations. |
3023 kHz HF
4125 kHz HF
5680 kHz HF |
R3E, H3E, J3E, J2A, J2B
radiotelephony |
Several thousand miles depending upon propagation conditions. |
Alternate on-scene and SAR coordination communications.
Vessels and aircraft SAR coordination. |
| 500 kHz MF |
CW, telegraphy |
Generally less than 100 miles for average aircraft installations. |
Ships at sea, Coast Guard Stations, FSS, and commercial coast stations. Use is decreasing due to advanced comm. technology. As of February 1999, international requirements to have this capability aboard ships ceased. |
156.8 MHz, VHF
Channel 16 |
FM, voice |
Line of sight |
International VHF maritime voice distress, safety and calling frequency. |
156.3 MHz, VHF
Channel 06 |
FM, voice |
Line of sight |
On-scene Maritime SAR communications. |
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| ATO-RCC Response Actions to an Aviation Emergency Alert or Disaster |
PRECOM SEARCH |
EXCOM SEARCH |
DISPATCH RCC
GO-TEAM TO ESTABLISH ACP
(Advance Command Post)
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 | Recall flight plan (aircraft type, name of pilot, POB, FOB …) |
| Gather SAR inputs, WX, LKP… |
| Query messages to relevant airports |
| Gather information from other sources |
| Data analysis |
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| Actions based on analysis |
| SAR plan |
| SAR-Go team |
| Alert SAR providers |
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| Manage the on-scene operations in coordination with RCC based Manila and SAR responders |
| Establish OSC (On-Scene Command) |
| ICS (Incident Command System) |
| Command, Coordination, Communication |
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