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Nominate a longstanding contributor for a National Search and Rescue award

Nominate someone for their longstanding contribution to Search and Rescue in Australia.

Use this form to nominate someone for an award in the following category:

  • Long-standing contribution to search and rescue—an individual, group or organisation that has made an outstanding contribution to the Australian search and rescue system, over an extended period of time.

You can also nominate a professional, professional volunteer or a non-professional.

Learn more about the different award categories.

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 nominees included in your nomination.

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Main achievement or contributions

Please provide details supporting this nomination. (Max. 1000 words.)

When writing this summary, consider including the following:

  • occupation
  • main achievement of contributions in chronological order
  • outstanding contributions to SAR
  • relevant qualifications or licences
  • recognitions
  • volunteer activities
  • final declaration, e.g. if the nominee is an exceptional individual/organisation who has dedicated years to the noble cause of search and rescue.

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, bmp, eps, tif, pict, psd, txt, rtf, html, odf, pdf, doc, docx, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsx, xml, avi, mov, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, bz2, dmg, gz, jar, rar, sit, svg, tar, zip.
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.

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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