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We are onboarding a limited number of SAR organizations. Tell us how your organization operates and we will come back to you with a slot and a licence that fits. Fields marked * are required.

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Search & Rescue Command and Control

Every asset. Every tasking.
One operational picture.

RSCUE runs the whole operation — from the first callout to the final after-action report. Live ADS-B and inReach tracking, standard search patterns, flight planning, taskings, briefs and real-time dispatch, in a single tactical command environment built for iPad and iPhone.

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  • Air
  • Ground
  • Marine
  • RPAS
  • ADS-B
  • Garmin inReach
  • iPad & iPhone
  • Offline-resilient
T2026‑047 · ACTUAL · POLICE · MISSION MODE
00:00:00Z
ADS-B 3
Marine 4
Ground 5
RPAS 2
44°38.2′N 063°34.7′W

Why RSCUE

One picture

Live ADS-B traffic, Garmin inReach trackers, in-app crew GPS, vessels and RPAS on a single map — with a smart proximity filter so command sees what matters, not everything in the sky.

One workflow

Callout, brief, plan, task, dispatch, track, debrief. Every stage is connected, so nothing is re-keyed between a whiteboard, a spreadsheet and a radio log.

One doctrine

Patterns, terminology, checklists and report formats follow established search and rescue doctrine — so the app matches the way your crews were actually trained.

Capabilities

Built for the whole operation

Eighteen connected modules covering mission command, planning, execution and organizational readiness between callouts.

Mission Command

The dashboard leadership opens first. Live operation status, org readiness metrics, phase timeline from plan through close, activity feed, quick actions, and a local conditions panel with METAR, TAF, NOTAMs and flight category.

Operations Management

Create an operation with operational authority (police, coast guard, emergency management, military and more), tasking ID, coordinates, schedule, ops team roles, visibility rules and attachments. Live taskings are flagged ACTUAL and unlock dispatch.

Operational Map

The heart of Mission Mode. Multi-layer situational awareness with tactical, aviation, weather and style layer tabs, 3D altitude mode, always-on scale bar, and a two-finger ruler giving distance, forward and reverse bearing, and travel time from your aircraft's TAS.

Search Patterns & Coverage

All eight standard search patterns — track crawl, creeping line ahead, parallel track, expanding square, sector, contour, coast crawl and electronic search — with track spacing, leg length, altitude and turn direction. Plus an ISP grid builder and freeform pattern drawing.

Flight Planning

A full FPL panel inside the map. Pick from pre-loaded SAR airframes, build a navlog from ICAO codes, commence search points or coordinates, and get leg distances, route total, ETE, ETA and a bingo time calculated to the standard fuel formula.

Tasking Hub

Two views of the same board. Coordinators get stat tiles, filters and every tasking at a glance; field crews get only their own — deployment status, progress, crew, asset, comms plan, time log, and SITREP, status update and emergency actions.

Mission Brief

A versioned twelve-section brief covering situation, mission, weather, areas and hazards, subject, command, comms plan, logistics, equipment, schedule and notes — with crew-by-crew acknowledgement tracking, reminders for stragglers, and PDF export.

Communications

Channels organised by role — command, crew, logistics, safety, medical — plus direct messages, broadcasts, file sharing and fillable forms with electronic signature. Quick actions for broadcast, resource request and emergency.

SARForce Dispatch

The real-time dispatcher built into RSCUE. Agency callouts by in-app push, SMS text or voice SMS, with a live signal preview, dispatching officer, nature of event, reply-to override and delivery confirmation.

How SARForce works

Mission Mode

A dedicated operational state that re-tabs the entire app around the active operation — map, comms, brief and resources — and hides everything that doesn't matter until the operation closes.

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Live Tracking

ADS-B traffic refreshed continuously with type-specific icons and track trails, Garmin inReach positions with battery and speed, and in-app crew GPS — each tracker openable for detail, and messageable straight from the map.

Weather & Airspace

Weather radar with opacity control, cloud ceiling, NOTAMs, TFRs, obstacles and a hazard advisor — alongside airports and heliports, airspace zones, VNC charts, and 100LL and Jet A fuel availability.

Roster & Members

Profiles, availability status, certifications with currency and expiry, specialty training logs, activity reports, expense claims, assigned assets, next of kin and a biometric-gated password vault. Admins get bulk import, export and approvals.

Assets & Resources

Aircraft, ground vehicles, RPAS and equipment with registration, condition notes, status, photos and checkout and return tracking — plus crew creation that binds members, roles and assets into a callsign.

SAR Reference Library

Doctrine and reference material available offline — incident phases, detailed pattern procedures, NOCL format, pre-flight and navigator checklists, altitude and scan range tables, signalling device ranges, the bingo fuel formula and standard SAR frequencies.

Roles & Permissions

Platform admin, organization admin, officer and general member, with fine-grained per-user overrides across operations, dispatch, resources, crews, events, maps and documents. The UI hides what a user can't do rather than greying it out.

Debrief & After-Action

Because taskings, positions, messages, acknowledgements and SITREPs are captured as they happen, the debrief assembles itself — timeline, coverage, personnel, assets, findings, statistics and the structured NOCL reporting a formal after-action needs.

Organizational Readiness

The standard-mode side of RSCUE between callouts — members, qualifications, assets, training, calendar and events, documents and operational notices. Everything that decides how fast you can respond to the next one.

SARForce · built in

The dispatcher lives
inside the app.

SARForce is RSCUE's real-time dispatch service. When the police task your unit, the callout goes out immediately — push, SMS, or a text-to-speech voice call — carrying the nature of the event, the dispatching officer and reply-to information.

  • In-app push, SMS text, voice SMS, or all three on one callout
  • Live signal preview — see the exact message as the recipient will
  • Target contacts pulled from the org directory with role labels
  • Delivery confirmation and member responses tracked as they arrive
  • Responses feed straight into crew assignment and tasking
  • Restricted to authorized officers on agency-tasked operations
SARForce · Signal Preview 08:22

T2026-047 · ACTUAL · Priority 1

Overdue vessel, 24 ft, 3 POB. Muster at Hangar 2. Air, marine and ground response requested. Dispatching officer: M. Vachon.

Push + SMS + Voice·38 recipients
0 Responding 0 Unavailable 0 No reply
  • K. Doyle Responding · 12 min
  • M. Vachon Responding · ETA 0850
  • T. Reid Unavailable
  • S. Okonkwo Responding · 20 min

Mission Mode

Everything else
gets out of the way.

RSCUE runs in two states. In standard mode it's an organizational tool. The moment an operation goes active, the entire tab bar re-forms around the mission — and every view adapts to whether you're the coordinator or the crew flying the pattern.

Standard
  • Deck
  • Map
  • Ops
  • Comms
  • More
Mission Mode
  • Map
  • Comms
  • Brief
  • Resources
  • More
MISSION MODET2026‑047 · OP 2
T‑04 · Priority 141 min

Creeping line ahead · Sector 4

AIR 1 · 1500 ft AGL · 2V spacing

Equipment10 / 12

First aid, GPS, radios, headlamps…

Priority comms3

SMC: Shift datum 0.8 NM SW, updated drift.

SITREP Map

Live tracking

Every source, one map

RSCUE consolidates the tracking systems your team already relies on, so command never has to reconcile three screens.

ADS-B live traffic

Continuously refreshed aircraft positions with type-specific icons, track trails, and a detail panel showing callsign, squawk, altitude, speed, heading and registration.

Garmin inReach

Live tracker positions with last update time, coordinates, speed, altitude and battery — and the ability to message that crew directly from the tracker.

In-app crew GPS

Ground crews carrying nothing but a phone still appear on the map, with duty status and crew assignment attached to every position report.

Smart proximity filter

Narrow ADS-B and inReach to an altitude window and distance radius around your own aircraft, so a busy airspace doesn't bury the resources you actually command.

Contact

Talk to us about
your organization.

Whether you're a volunteer ground search team, an air search association or a marine unit — tell us how you run operations and we'll show you how RSCUE fits.

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