Editing Search and rescue (section)

==Definitions==
There are many different definitions of search and rescue, depending on the agency involved and country in question.

*[[Canadian Armed Forces]] and [[Canadian Coast Guard]]: "Search and Rescue comprises the search for, and provision of aid to, persons, ships or other craft which are, or are feared to be, in distress or imminent danger."<ref name="CF">{{cite web|url = http://www.casaraontario.ca/~webmaster1/Manuals/NationalSARmanual_full_english.pdf|title = B–GA–209–001/FP–001 DFO 5449 NATIONAL SAR MANUAL|access-date = 12 July 2008|last = [[Canadian Forces]]|date=May 1998 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080803015913/http://www.casaraontario.ca/~webmaster1/Manuals/NationalSARmanual_full_english.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 3 August 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/publications/search-rescue-recherche-sauvetage/sar-canada-res-eng.html|title=Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) in Canada|first=Canadian Coast Guard|last=Government of Canada|date=16 May 2019|website=www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca}}</ref>
*[[United States Coast Guard]]: "The use of available resources to assist persons or property in potential or actual distress."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uscg.mil/international/affairs/Publications/MMSCode/english/Chap9.htm|title=Search and Rescue - Chapter 9|work=uscg.mil|access-date=26 February 2015}}</ref>
*[[United States Department of Defense]]: A search is "an operation normally coordinated by a Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) or rescue sub-center, using available personnel and facilities to locate persons in distress" and rescue is "an operation to retrieve persons in distress, provide for their initial medical or other needs, and deliver them to a place of safety".<ref name="DoD">{{cite web|url =http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-o/g-opr/nsarc/DOD%20Support%20to%20Civil%20SAR%203003.pdf|title = U.S. Department of Defense DIRECTIVE NUMBER 3003.01|access-date = 12 July 2008|last = [[U.S. Department of Defense]]|date=January 2006}}</ref>