Mass Rescue Operations

IMRF’s latest MRO course tackles the challenge of being adequately prepared

The IMRF recently held its third Maritime MRO Subject-Matter Expert Course in a bid to improve the understanding of and planning for MROs for SAR organisations worldwide. Read more
Blog: Understanding and Preparing for MRO’s with Tom Gorgol

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

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

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IMRF’s latest MRO course tackles the challenge of being adequately prepared

The IMRF recently held its third Maritime MRO Subject-Matter Expert Course in a bid to improve the understanding of and planning for MROs for SAR organisations worldwide. Read more

Webinar – Specialist SAR Operations – Dealing with Potential Contamination at the Rescue Site

IMRF Members were treated to a special webinar on 16 March on ‘Specialist SAR Operations: Dealing with Potential Contamination’. Read more

Blog: Understanding and Preparing for MRO’s with Tom Gorgol

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

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

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#SARyouOK? – Jacob Tas, Chief Executive Officer, KNRM

Jacob Tas talks about the sometimes tragic nature of maritime SAR operations and how SAR organisations must do their bit to support their crews during these difficult events.
Blog: Henk Spanjer, lecturer at MIWB and volunteer at KNRM

We sit down with Henk Spanjer, the keynote speaker at this year's WMRC in Rotterdam, about his drive to help people in trouble at sea
The IMRF Centennial History Portal

The IMRF's Centennial History Portal looks to shed more light on the fascinating history of the IMRF and the maritime SAR sector.
Save The Date: IMRF MRO Subject Matter Expert Course, June 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.

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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The IMRF brings together and represents the world’s maritime search and rescue organisations, including voluntary and governmental organisations, as well as suppliers to the sector, to improve maritime SAR capabilities worldwide.
WMRC 2023 - Registration Open

The fifth World Maritime Rescue Congress will be held from 18–20 June 2023 in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The Congress theme is: "Towards Sustainable Maritime SAR – Building on our History to Secure our Future."
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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.