SAR Communication – Understanding effective human communication skills

SAR personnel understand the importance of communicating information correctly by using the best equipment available and understanding how to use it effectively. Read more
IMRF welcomes Roly McKie as IMO representative

Roly will sit on several IMO committees on behalf of the IMRF and its members, and become the organisation’s in-house SAR expert. Read more

SAR Matters

The global maritime SAR community faces a number of unique challenges, from volunteering to funding to keeping up to date with relevant regulations. The IMRF's SAR Matters blog looks at some of these challenges and ways and best practices to tackle some of the issues affecting the maritime SAR community.

SAR Communication – Understanding effective human communication skills

SAR personnel understand the importance of communicating information correctly by using the best equipment available and understanding how to use it effectively. Read more

IMRF welcomes Roly McKie as IMO representative

Roly will sit on several IMO committees on behalf of the IMRF and its members, and become the organisation’s in-house SAR expert. Read more

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Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence appointed Patron of the International Maritime Rescue Federation

Replaces former IMO Secretary-General Sir Efthimios Mitropoulos following an 11-year tenure
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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.
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Basic Rescue Boat Operator Manual & Search Cards

This manual, together with the accompanying Rescue Boat Operator Search Cards, provides recommended best practice for any organisation looking at introducing basic training in Rescue Boat SAR operations.
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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.
The IMRF #WomenInSAR Initiative

The #WomenInSAR initiative aims to increase the representation of women in the maritime sector generally and to provide support for, and raise the profile of, women in the maritime SAR sector specifically.