The search and rescue service in Taipei FIR is provided through the following units:

Coordination:
National Rescue Command Center (NRCC)

Postal address: 3F., No.200, Sec. 3, Beixin Rd., Xindian District., New Taipei City 231, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
AFS: RCTPYCYX
Tel:886-2-81966119
Fax:886-2-81966737

Air Traffic Services:
Taipei Area Control Center (TACC)

Postal address: No.60, Yuanhang Rd., Dayuan District, Taoyuan City 337, Taiwan(R.O.C.)
AFS:RCAAZRZX, RCAAZQZX
Tel:886-3-3841040
Fax:886-3-3860270

The service is provided in accordance with:

The Disaster Prevention and Response Act, R. O. C.,

Direction of the Establishment of National Rescue Command Center,

Operational Manual of National Rescue Command Center, and

The provisions contained in the following ICAO documents:

Annex 12 Search and Rescue

Annex 13 Aircraft Accident Investigation

Doc 7030 Regional Supplementary Procedures for Alerting and Search and Rescue Services applicable in the PAC Region

The SAR service and facilities are available within Taipei FIR.

Details of related rescue units are given in Table 3.6.3 Search and Rescue Units. In addition, various elements of the coast guard, firefighting, police force, military organization and merchant marines are also available for search and rescue missions, when required. The aeronautical, maritime and public telecommunication services are also available to the search and rescue organization.

TABLE 3.6.3 Search and Rescue Units

There is no agreement between the SAR service of Taipei FIR and the SAR service of adjacent FIRs. However, SAR service and facilities are available to adjacent FIRs upon request from the National SAR unit when they do not have sufficient SAR resources to support SAR operations in their home territory. SAR aircraft intending to enter Taipei FIR on a SAR mission shall dispatch a flight plan (a similar message in the case of a rescue vessel or rescue boat), giving full details of the flight to Taipei NRCC and Taipei ACC. The NRCC and ACC will acknowledge the message as soon as practicable and granting permission for such operations.

The SAR service and facilities in Taipei FIR are available whenever a suspected or actual distress situation is reported within Taipei FIR. The NRCC assembles all SAR resources while the coast guard, firefighting, police force, and military units deploy the rescue work. ATC personnel, in response to a report of a suspected or actual distress situation, will help with temporary airspace restriction to facilitate the SAR flights. All SAR aircraft will be utilized for searches. Police force and local trained volunteers will augment these SAR resources.