Editing Search and rescue (section)

===Germany===
[[Image:050625-Kiel-x42-600.jpg|thumb|right|A cruiser of the [[German Maritime Search and Rescue Service|DGzRS]] and a SeaKing helicopter of the [[German Navy]]]]
Search and Rescue in German waters is conducted by the [[German Maritime Search and Rescue Service]] with air support by the [[German Navy]], the [[Federal Police (Germany)|Federal Police]] and the [[German Army Aviation]]. All incoming requests are coordinated by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center in [[Bremen]]. The DGzRS is a non-governmental organisation entirely supported by donations.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.dgzrs.de/index.php?id=265|title = German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS)|access-date = 27 August 2008|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080913090322/http://www.dgzrs.de/index.php?id=265|archive-date = 13 September 2008}}</ref>

Besides the offshore Search And Rescue services, the German Army Aviation provides 3 SAR Command Posts on a 24/7 basis at Holzdorf Air Base with the Airbus H145 LUH SAR (Light Utility Helikopter Search and Rescue) and at Nörvenich Air Base and 2 at Niederstetten Army Airfield. 
<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.rth.info/betreiber/betreiber.php?show=bw|title = Bundeswehr (in German)|access-date = 22 May 2008|last = rth.info|year = 2002}}</ref>

Further, the [[Technisches Hilfswerk]] is a key component of the German disaster relief framework. It is, among other things, regularly involved in  urban search and rescue efforts abroad.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.thw.bund.de/cln_036/nn_942466/EN/content/news/international/missions/2005/11/news__001.html|archive-url = https://archive.today/20070504193203/http://www.thw.bund.de/cln_036/nn_942466/EN/content/news/international/missions/2005/11/news__001.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 4 May 2007|title=Search and rescue | access-date = 21 January 2010}}</ref>