Lifeboat Crew Exchange 2024

The next IMRF European Lifeboat Crew Exchange Programme will take place on 21-28 September 2024. Be sure to keep an eye out for more information!

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Maritime SAR converges in Norway for the IMRF’s Annual Meeting 2023

More than 50 members of the IMRF community from over a dozen countries around the world gathered in Norway for this year's Annual Meeting.
MIGRATION AND SEARCH & RESCUE
#FutureSAR - Matthew Fader, Swedish Sea Rescue Society

Matthew Fader, International Search and Rescue Development Manager at the SSRS, gives his insights into climate change and how it is impacting SSRS’s SAR operations.

Women in SAR Training 2024

We are excited to announce that we are organising our second international #WomeninSAR training in Finland, 23-25 August 2024. Registration is open now!
WEBINAR - RESCUE BOAT OPERATOR MANUAL COURSE

We are running an exclusive members-only webinar that focuses on the IMRF's Rescue Boat Operator Manual and Search Cards and the accompanying IMRF's online course.
The Challenges of Keeping up With Technology in SAR

The next meeting of the IMRF's GMSF will look at the topic of 'The Challenges of Keeping up With Technology in SAR’, presented by Dave Morris, HM Coastguard
IMRF MRO SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT COURSE 2024

The IMRF is pleased to announce that we will be hosting our fourth Maritime Mass Rescue Operations (MRO) Subject-Matter Expert Course in June 2024.
WMRC 2023 - Media Gallery
International Day of Drowning Prevention – 25 July 2021

STOP PRESS: Following up on the article from SAR Hub Bulletin 11 in June about the UN Resolution on Drowning Reduction and the first ever International Drowning Prevention Day on 25th July this year, the WHO have developed some comprehensive information and guidance to support your national and local activities on the day.

SAR Matters: Defining Distress Continued ...

People known to be in distress need to be rescued, of course – and the SAR community knows that this concept must also be extended to those believed to be in distress, and to those who, while not yet in distress, will become so if help is not provided to them in the meantime.
People's Choice Award 2023
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