Editing Search and rescue (section)

=== South Africa ===
Search and Rescue services are offered by various government departments, non governmental organisations, commercial/private organisations and voluntary  organisations in South Africa. There is no single organisation responsible for urban, wilderness, swift water, aviation or maritime/sea rescue.

Aviation and maritime incidents are the responsibility of the South African Search and Rescue Organisation (SASAR). SASAR is a voluntary organisation that functions under the auspices of the Department of Transport. Its main role is to search for, assist and carry out rescue operations for the survivors of aircraft or vessel accidents. Depending on the nature of the accident, the RCCs (Aeronatautical Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC) or Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC)) coordinate the search and rescue missions. These operations are carried out by other government departments, non governmental organisations, commercial/private organisations and voluntary organisations.<ref name="SASAR">{{cite web |url=http://www.sasar.gov.za/ |title=Who are we? |access-date=13 November 2008 |author=SASAR |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914012934/http://www.sasar.gov.za/ |archive-date=14 September 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.sasar.gov.za/web/search-and-rescue/structure|title= SASAR Structures|access-date= 13 April 2023|author= SASAR|work= www.sasar.gov.za|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190418062437/http://www.sasar.gov.za/web/search-and-rescue/structure|archive-date= 18 April 2019|url-status= dead}}</ref>

Local resources:
* [[National Sea Rescue Institute]]
* [[Wilderness Search and Rescue]] [[Cape Town]]<ref name="SAWildernessSAR">{{cite web |url=http://wsar.hypermart.net/ |title=Wilderness Search and Rescue, Western Cape |access-date=6 November 2009 |author1=Wilderness Search |author2=Rescue, Western Cape |date=n.d. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040127111141/http://wsar.hypermart.net/ |archive-date=27 January 2004 }}</ref>
* [[The Mountain Club of South Africa]] Search and Rescue
* [[Search and Rescue South Africa]]<ref name="SARZA">{{cite web|url = https://www.sarza.co.za/|title = Search and Rescue South Africa|access-date = 20 February 2022|last = Search and Rescue South Africa |date = n.d.}}</ref>
* [[Rescue South Africa]]<ref name="RSA">{{cite web|url = http://www.rescue-sa.co.za/|title = Rescue South Africa|access-date = 26 August 2011|last = Rescue South Africa |date = n.d.}}</ref>
* [[K9 Search and Rescue]]<ref name="K9SARA">{{cite web|url = http://www.k9sara.co.za/|title = K9 Search and Rescue|access-date = 11 September 2014 |date = n.d.}}</ref>
* [[Metro Search and Rescue]]<ref name="MetroSAR">{{cite web|url = https://ecsearchandrescue.co.za/|title = Metro Search and Rescue|access-date = 11 September 2014|last = Search and Rescue |date = n.d.}}</ref>