3.2 THE BEGINNINGS OF AN ORGANIZED MARITIME RESCUE SERVICE -- 3.2.1 Legal Basis for Suretyship -- 3.3 WHY IS MARITIME SAR A SUITABLE FIELD FOR DECISION-MAKING RESEARCH? -- 3.3.1 Relevance of Professionalism -- 3.3.2 Working with and against Uncertainty -- 3.3.3 Latency and Communication -- 3.4 RESEARCH APPROACHES -- 3.4.1 Simulation Studies -- 3.4.2 Shadowing at Baltic SAREX -- 3.4.3 Participant Observation: Full Participation -- 3.4.4 Survey Studies during Regular Missions -- References -- Chapter 4: How Are Decisions in Complex Task Environments Actually Made? -- 4.1 A VARIETY OF OPEN QUESTIONS -- 4.2 EMPIRICAL BACKGROUND: THE CONCEPTS, STUDIES, AND MEASURES -- 4.3 RESULTS -- 4.3.1 General Distribution of Decision Modes -- 4.3.2 Decision Mode Preference -- 4.3.3 Subjective Situational Complexity -- 4.3.4 Experience -- 4.3.5 Other Variables of Interest -- 4.3.6 Satisfaction with a Decision -- 4.4 SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION OF THE SURVEY RESULTS -- References -- Chapter 5: Working in a Complex Maritime Task Environment -- 5.1 A Local Incident Coordinator at Work: Case Study on Decision-Making in Large-Scale, Live SAR Exercises -- 5.1.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1.1 The LICO Concept -- 5.1.2 The Exercise -- 5.1.2.1 General Scenario -- 5.1.2.2 Preliminary Workshops -- 5.1.2.3 Methods -- 5.1.3 Observations -- 5.1.3.1 LICO Shadowing Study 2014 (Team 1) -- 5.1.3.2 LICO Shadowing 2015 (Team 2) -- 5.1.3.3 Comparison -- 5.1.4 Resumé and Complementary Observations -- 5.1.4.1 Complexity as a Framework for Decision-Making -- 5.1.4.2 Appropriate Decision Modes and Decision Quality -- 5.1.4.3 About the LICO Concept -- 5.2 Decision-Making in the Danger Zone: Working in Mass Rescue Operations -- 5.2.1 Introduction -- 5.2.2 Framework -- 5.2.3 Observations -- 5.2.3.1 Daily Schedule -- 5.2.3.2 During the Operation -- 5.2.3.3 Cooperation with Other Rescue Forces