Upon being notified that a person is lost, injured, killed, or is in need of immediate rescue, the commissioner of public safety or a designee may appoint a competent person to organize, direct, and guide a search and rescue party for the purpose of rescuing or retrieving the person or the person's remains. Only the commissioner, the commissioner's designee, or the person appointed to organize, direct, and guide a search and rescue party may authorize a person to participate in the search and rescue party.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender
Sec. 18.60.115. Search and rescue training.
Sec. 18.60.120. Search and rescue parties.
Sec. 18.60.125. Civil immunity.
Sec. 18.60.130. Expenses of search and rescue parties.
Sec. 18.60.146. Civil air patrol.
Sec. 18.60.148. Transfer of forfeited aircraft to civil air patrol.
Sec. 18.60.150. Report of mysterious disappearance or separation from companions.
Sec. 18.60.160. Violation a misdemeanor.