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A Suggested Frame ...

versatility. Besides, a nation will always find bystander in time of need.
b. Customized Contribution. As it is seen before, all the countries will not be in
an equally comfortable position to contribute in a similar node. However, an
individual country can contribute either by resources or by facilities or even only
by manpower. Therefore, a comprehensive plan needs to be chalked out for
optimized contribution by the member countries. A country may find its position
and scopes to contribute in a MSAR situation from the following table:

Figure: 1 Proposed Customized Contribution Table

Resource Contribution Facility Contribution Manpower Contribution

1.Provides ship with 1. Provide port/staging facility 1. Provide specialized
required manpower people like diving or
2. Provide incident information medical team for the
2. Provides equipment as required
MSAR

required for MSAR

3. Provide rest and recreation
2. Provide non -
3. Facilitates disposal of facilities to the men specialized working
the casualty after MSAR 4. Provide logistic supports hands for the mission

c. Concept of SARIE (Search And Rescue IONS Effort). Due to large
geographic spacing, all the IONS countries may not be able to reach the SOI
(Scene of Incident) in time for effective MSAR. Therefore, it is suggested that

the whole Indian Ocean may be divided into three different zones. The subzones
are proposed to be named as ‘Search and Rescue IONS Effort’ in abbreviated
form ‘SARIE’. The suggested geographic grouping would be as follows:

(1) SARIE-1. Australia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand,
Timor Leste, Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka.
(2) SARIE-2. India, Maldives, UK, Pakistan, Oman, UAE, KSA and
Iran.

(3) SARIE-3. Kenya, Seychelles, Mauritius, France, Mozambique,
South Africa and Tanzania.

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