Discounts and Benefits

Please, come back to this page on a regular basis, as we post discount codes for our future IMRF events.

IMRF Bookshop

The IMRF Bookshop still resides on the website www.imrfbookshop.org (new window).

The following pdf "How the New IMRF Bookshop Website Works" is a short manual for IMRF Members, IMRF Supporters, and Non-Members, and Non-IMRF Supporters and how it works with the Discount Code and how to works with your IMRF Bookshop Account.

The following Discount Code only works for IMRF Members and IMRF Supporters accounts: IMRFMember20

Please download the pdf and take some time to read the chapter that applies to you.

If you have any questions, please e-mail to Wendy Webster at [email protected].

Events

Please check the events page for the latest events. Some events are free, others are paid. Most events do not give discount to the IMRF Supporters.

Latest

#SARyouOK? - David Jardine Smith, former IMRF MRO Project Manager

David Jardine-Smith talks from personal experience to the IMRF about the importance of mental health and safety awareness in SAR organisations, regardless of your role in the SAR ecosystem.
Blog: How the NSRI's Survival Swimming Centres are saving lives in South Africa

We speak to Andrew Ingram, the NSRI’s Drowning Prevention Manager, about how the organisation’s innovative swimming centres provides complimentary swimming lessons in remote settings.
New study looks at SAR sensemaking during mass rescue exercises

A recent study undertaken by Germany’s DGzRS and Jönköping University studies the positioning of decision makers and their teams during mass-rescue exercises.
Cospas-Sarsat looking to boost SAR responsiveness and system knowledge

The international satellite distress programme is hoping to improve the response rate to distress alert communications of maritime SAR organisations around the world.

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.
Join the IMRF

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.
MRO Home
The IMRF & Our Mission
WMRC - 2023 - Registration Open and Abstract Submission

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."
Staff
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.
Join Our Mailing Lists
Contact Us
#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.