Tom Gorgol, Mass Rescue Programme Manager at the US Coast Guard, and David Jardine Smith, the IMRF’s former MRO Project Manager speak about the critical importance of being prepared for MROs and how to manage cultural barriers that can impact the operations. Read more
More than 30 members of the maritime SAR community gathered in Fareham, UK, for this year’s MRO SME, which covered some of the main challenges and best practices involved with modern MRO incidents. Read more
A Mass Rescue Operation is a low probability, high consequence disaster that can result in significant loss of life. An MRO incident is both challenging and complex, because it’s likely to involve multi-agency coordination, limited available resources and very large numbers of people needing to be rescued. Read more
Article - Understanding the Challenge - MRO at Sea - Richard Button and Thomas Gorgol. Published in Cooperation and Engagement in the Asia- Pacific Region, edited by Myron H. Nordquist, John Norton Moore, and Ronán Long. Read more
IMRF Members were treated to a special webinar on 16 March on ‘Specialist SAR Operations: Dealing with Potential Contamination’. Read more