Editing Search and rescue (section)

===Iceland===
[[Image:AS-365N Dauphin 2 of The Iceland Coast Guard.JPEG|thumb|[[Irish Coast Guard|Icelandic Coast Guard]] [[Eurocopter Dauphin|Eurocopter AS-365N Dauphin 2]] helicopter]]

The Icelandic Coast Guard is responsible for coordinating all maritime and aviation search and rescue activities in the Icelandic Search and Rescue Region (SRR), that has the sise of 1.9 million square kilometres. The Icelandic Coast Guard operates JRCC ICELAND in combination with the Coast Guard's operation centre, the maritime traffic service and the coastal radio stations. If aircraft crash site is located on land the control of the rescue operations is diverted to the Icelandic Police, which is responsible for SAR operations on land. The Icelandic Coast Guard (JRCC ICELAND) is the Cospas-Sarsat SAR Point of Contact. ISAVIA, which operates the Air Traffic Control in Iceland, is responsible for the aviation alerting services. The [[Icelandic Coast Guard]] operates maritime patrol aircraft, SAR helicopters and patrol vessels.<ref name="ICG1">{{cite web|url = http://www.lhg.is/english|title = The Icelandic Coast Guard|access-date = 7 March 2008|last = Icelandic Coast Guard|date = n.d.}}</ref>

The [[Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue]] (Slysavarnafélagið Landsbjörg) (ICESAR) is a volunteer organisation with about 100 rescue teams located all around the island. ICESAR is a great support to SAR operations both on land and sea.  All the rescue teams contain groups of specially trained individuals.<ref name="Slysavarnafélaginu">{{cite web|url = http://www.landsbjorg.is/category.aspx?catID=250|title = ICE-SAR A Tale of Great Achievements|access-date = 7 March 2008|last = Slysavarnafélaginu Landsbjörg|date = n.d.|archive-date = 16 February 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080216193242/http://www.landsbjorg.is/category.aspx?catID=250|url-status = dead}}</ref>

A specialised INSARAG External Classification certified rubble rescue squad operates under the Icelandic Association of Search and Rescue. It was the first rescue squad to arrive in [[Haiti]] following the [[2010 Haiti earthquake|earthquake of 2010]].<ref name="ICESAR">{{cite web|url = http://www.icesar.com/|title = Reports from Haiti|access-date = 23 January 2010|last = Skógarhlíð|date=January 2010}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=October 2021}}