New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 10 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 24 - SEARCH AND RESCUE
Part 1 - CERTIFICATION FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE PERSONS
Section 10.24.1.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
In addition to the definitions set forth in the Search and Rescue Act, Section 24-15A-3 NMSA 1978, the following terms are defined:
A. Agency administrator means the chief of the New Mexico state police. The chief may appoint an agency administrator designee for search and rescue (SAR) matters.
B. Field coordinator means a SAR person certified by the department of public safety to act as incident commander for a SAR mission.
C. Incident command system means a standardized system for the command, control, and coordination of emergency response operations for search and rescue.
D. Incident commander means the person within the incident command system officially assigned to manage a SAR incident.
E. Probation status means the status of a certification of a SAR field coordinator, incident command system general staff, or SAR person or volunteer, when the certification is not current on maintenance of certification requirements, but is still eligible to meet the requirements at a later time.
F. SAR incident command system general staff means a SAR person working SAR management under the incident command system on a SAR mission.
G. SAR resource officer means the official located within the department of public safety responsible for coordinating SAR resources and administering the state SAR plan.
H. SAR review board means the policy advisory committee whose duty it is to evaluate the operation of the New Mexico search and rescue plan, evaluate problems of specific missions, and make findings of fact and recommendations to the chief and other appropriate authorities.
I. SAR person means a person who volunteers or provides time and equipment to aid in SAR missions.
J. Section chief means a person who has the responsibility for a major functional area of a SAR mission, such as operations, plans, logistics, or finance and administration. Section chiefs report directly to the incident commander and are part of the incident command system general staff.
K. Special operations commander means the commander of the New Mexico state police special operations bureau.
L. Type means a graded management system that is based on experience and training for the selection of a SAR field coordinator or incident command system general staff. The measurement correlates to the level of complexity of the mission in which a SAR field coordinator or incident command system general staff may participate, with type I being the most complex.
