RESCUE SUPPORT APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

A rescue support apparatus includes: a registration unit configured to register biometric information and personal information of a prospective climber to be associated with each other; a reception unit configured to receive an image and positional information of a terminal of an arbitrary finder from the terminal in a case where the arbitrary finder finds a person to be rescued during mountain climbing, the image being obtained by photographing biometric information of the person to be rescued by the terminal of the finder; an authentication control unit configured to control authentication using the registered biometric information for the biometric information contained in the image; and a rescue request unit configured to transmit rescue request information to a rescue system in a case where the authentication is succeeded, the rescue request information containing the personal information associated with the biometric information and the positional information received from the terminal.