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a a Search & Rescue/Recovery: Search and rescue (SAR) is defined as a water-borne response (including aircraft) involving a person or vessel in peril. AGENCy agrees to only report SAR cases on the Summary of Activity Report (SOAR) Web Form-that were assigned a case number by their agency or a uscG MISLE case lD Number and an Urgent Marine lnformation Broadcast (UMIB) initiated by the USCG. Agencies should not report assists (defined below) as SAR cases. Assist: An'Assist" is defined as aid where there is no immediate dangerto the vessel or its occupants. This includes vessels involved in boating accidents, disibled, aground, out of fuel, or otherwise unable to reach a safe mooring under its own power. Assistance may include providing a tow, jump start, re-floating, re-righting, fuel, repair, repair parts, assisting persons in the water, etc. This does NOt include the salvage of a vissei once abandoned, or commercialvessels. AGENCY agrees to report responses of this nature as assisls and will report the number of vessels assisted and the number of persons assisted on the SOAR web form. Boating Safety Patrols Required, Minimum Hours: AGENCY agrees to patrol on the waters of its jurisdiction with the intent of enforcing Washington State Boating Safety Laws and Regulations and to promote boating safety some minimum hours based on their agency size(Small- 133, Medium -255, Large - 436) per year during peak boating hours within AGENCy,sjurisdiction. Patrol hours can be a combination of hours patrolling on the water in a vessel as well as hours spent at boat launch ramps or other appropriate shore-side enforcement activities. Enforcement of Boating Laws Required: AGENCY agrees to enforce all Washington State boating safety laws and regulations including vessel registration laws as specified in fitte gg RCW and as specified in local codes or ordinances. ln addition, AGENCy shalldocument and report the numbers of inspections and warnings for each type of boating violation through SECTOR either at the time of the inspection or at a later time. STATE PARKS recommends that AGENCY adopt azera tolerance policy in the enforcement of mandatory boater education card carriage, life jacket wear/caniage, boating under the influence, and rules of the road violations, and strongly consider issuing citations for violations of these laws, in all circumstances. Boating Safety lnspections Required: AGENCY shallcomplete a minimum numberof written boating safety inspections based on their agency size (Small - 92, Medium - 2g3, Large -g72)using the SECTOR system or Form #A-274 during enforcement and informationalcontacts when considered safe and appropriate to document boater compliance with state boating laws. STATE PARKS will provide boating safety inspection forms. AGENCY shall enter all inspections through sEcroR either at the time of the inspections or at a later time. Updated 1U2812020 Page12ol24