Abstract: During the process of responding to natural disasters like severe typhoons, current emergency command and rescue methods are still insufficient. Through analyzing the current situation and development trend of Beidou satellite navigation system, this article focuses on the difficulties and key issues of typhoon emergency rescue, and explores the application of Beidou satellite navigation system in it, including disaster information collection and area delineation,emergency rescue force deployment and dispatch, location rescue of disaster victims, material distribution of emergency rescue, establishment of cooperative rescue networks between rescue teams and victims. Finally, relevant conclusions and development suggestions are proposed.

Key words: emergency rescue, satellite navigation, typhoon disaster