Pages | International Maritime Rescue Federation

About the APRC

The IMRF Asia-Pacific Regional Centre (APRC), based in Shanghai, China, was established to develop maritime SAR resources and capability specifically across the Asia-Pacific Region. Read more
Annual Report

Read about the impact of our work in 2020, our plans in 2021, our governance and our finances. Read more

The IMRF is proud to launch its #SARyouOK? initiative in order to increase awareness and break down the stigma that is attached to mental health and wellbeing issues faced by those working in the maritime SAR sector. Read more

MRO Library: MRO Summary Guidance & Example MRO Plan

MRO Home

MRO LIbrary: Philosophy & Focus

MRO Library: Planning

MRO Library: Resources

MRO Library: C4 - Command, Control, Coordination & Communications

MRO Library: Training, Exercises and Drills, and Learning from Experience

Photos & Videos

Videos and photos submitted as part of the IMRF Awards 2022 Nomination. Read more

Previous winners

Terms & Conditions

Nominations for the International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) Awards will be accepted from individual SAR professionals or volunteers, and professional or volunteer search-and-rescue (SAR) organisations recognised by the IMRF. Read more

SAR Administration

SAR Operations

Affiliate Members

IMO Guidance List

IMO Conventions

Medical

Communications - Systems

Blog: Patrick van Eyssen, Volunteer, South Africa’s National Sea Rescue Institute

We sit down with last year’s winner of the IMRF’s Vladimir Maksimov Award for Lifetime Achievement and People’s Choice Award Patrick van Eyssen to discuss his volunteering career and what winning those awards meant to him.
Past & Present Sponsors of the IMRF Awards
Associate Members
Blog: IMRF Awards - Michael Vlasto

We sit down with Michael Vlasto, a former IMRF trustee and Chair of the IMRF Awards Judging Panel, to discuss the history of the IMRF Awards and his hopes for this year’s nominations.

Join the IMRF

Be part of the international NGO that is working to improve global maritime SAR capability. IMRF Members support each other and share knowledge, experience, expertise and innovations through the programme of webinars, conferences, meetings, forums and other activities.
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.
Full Members
International #WomenInSAR Training and Seminar – Finland – 26-29 August 2022

Join us for the first International Search and Rescue (SAR) IMRF #WomenInSAR Training and Seminar, hosted by the Finnish Lifeboat Institution (FLBI).
The IMRF & Our Mission
Dean Storey, Assistant Commissioner NSW State Emergency Service tells us a bit about his background and his career up to this point

The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) is an emergency and rescue service dedicated to assisting the community. It is a volunteer-based organisation providing emergency assistance to the people of NSW 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
MRO Home
Staff
#WomenInSAR Report

As part of our #WomenInSAR Initiative, in October 2020 we launched our #WomenInSAR survey. We had over 1600 responses from across the globe.
IDRA-ILS-IMRF: COVID-19 Drowning Resuscitation Guidance Published

Resuscitation of the drowned person in the era of COVID-19 disease: A common ground for recommendations, identification of research needs and a global call to action