UK Civilian SAR has training limits not too dissimilar to the MOD
So what are to Civilian NVG training limits?
The simple fact is, that under current rules and through no fault of the crews, the civilian SAR operators are unable to offer the same 'completeness' of service of a military unit. Granted the NVG issue could change if the CAA so decide but they have been extremely reluctanct to do so in the past. The only civilian operators that I am aware of, that use NVG, have rules that would be impossible to follow in a SAR environment.