Nominate someone for the Australian Search and Rescue awards

Nominate someone for their outstanding contribution to search and rescue.

Use this form to nominate someone in recognition of their 'outstanding contribution to search and rescue' within the Australian region, for financial year 2024-25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025).

The Awards are open to individuals, groups or organisations that have made a significant contribution to search and rescue in Australia and deserve recognition at a national level. Submissions close Wednesday 14 July 2025.

Any person or organisation can nominate candidates for the Australian SAR Awards by completing the official nomination form. Recipients will be announced at the annual NATSAR Council meeting.

You can also nominate someone for their longstanding contribution to search and rescue in the Australian region.

Last updated: 30 April 2025

Award category

Please select a category from these options:

This award is presented to an individual, group or organisation that has been trained within the search and rescue field or work professionally in a search and rescue role. For example, this includes police officers, rescue aircraft crew, volunteer marine rescue members, etc.
This award is presented to an individual or organisation that has been trained within the search and rescue field or works in a search and rescue role but is not renumerated for their contribution to search and rescue. For example, this includes volunteer marine rescue, individuals who contribute voluntarily etc.
This award is presented to an individual, group or organisation that has not been trained in the search and rescue field but has been involved in a search and rescue operation. For example, this may include fellow hikers, a passer-by, surfers, etc., that may have assisted in a search and rescue operation.

Event overview and eligibility

Did the event happen in the Australian region?
In which state or territory did the event occur?
Enter other Australian region where event occured
Is there a coronial enquiry associated with the event?
Is the coronial enquiry open or closed?
The event may have occurred earlier than this financial year if the associated coronial enquiry closed in FY 2023-24.
Who was the main agency involved in this event?

Primary contact details

As the primary person nominating one or several persons for this award, please provide your contact details.

Does the nominee know you're nominating them?
This will help us decide how to contact the nominee.

Supporting contact details

Who is the person supporting this nomination? We require a supporting contact.

Nominee details

Please provide the details of the individual/group/organisation you are nominating.

Who are you nominating?
E.g. QLD Police, volunteering organisation. If they are not a member of an organisation, enter 'General public'.

Other nominees

Add the details of other people included in your nomination.

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About the event and your nomination

Please provide details about the event related to this nomination. (Max. 700 words.)

When writing the summary, consider including the following:

  • overview of the event - where and when the event occurred, who was involved
  • what happened - the sequence of actions
  • highlights - what critical highlights affected the outcome
  • the outcome
  • a conclusion.

Supporting material

Please include at least 1 piece of supporting material related to the nomination. You can upload the information or provide link(s) in the field below. Supporting material will strenghten your nomination.

Important! Do not upload sensitive images.

Supporting material may include:

  • photos (if you send a photo of the nominee, please identify them in the photo)
  • video
  • media reports or web links (e.g. newspaper report or news story)
  • written statements from someone other than the person who is nominating, including their name and signature
  • police reports, including incident number
  • thank you notes from the community
  • award(s) received
  • other items.
Maximum 5 files.
10 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif, jpg, jpeg, png, txt, rtf, html, pdf, doc, docx, odt, ppt, pptx, odp, xls, xlsx, ods, xml, avi, mov, mp3, ogg, wav.
If relevant, copy and paste in a link for a website that supports your nomination.

By checking this box you:

  • declare the information in this form is true and correct
  • consent to us contacting you about the information you’ve provided
  • understand that the personal information collected in this form will be handled in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 and AMSA’s privacy policy.

AMSA will keep electronic records of the details provided above. These records will be retained in compliance with Commonwealth record-keeping requirements.

By checking this box you:

  • declare the information in this form is true and correct
  • consent to us contacting you about the information you’ve provided
  • declare that any professional SAR organisation(s) related to the nomination are aware of and support the nomination
  • understand that the personal information collected in this form will be handled in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 and AMSA’s privacy policy.

AMSA will keep electronic records of the details provided above. These records will be retained in compliance with Commonwealth record-keeping requirements.

Note: If you experience any issues with submitting this nomination, please contact the National Search and Rescue Secretariat via NationalSARCouncil@amsa.gov.au.  

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