Mass Rescue Operations MRO Home Chapters Philosophy & Focus Planning Resources C4 Training MRO Library G5 Conference Event Submit Material News & Articles Contact MRO Library: Planning Planning IMRF Guidance: Chapters (links to ‘IMRF MRO Guidance’) 1. General Planning Guidance, including a planning checklist 2. A template MRO plan 3. Public relations 4. ‘Retrieval’ in mass rescue situations 5. Accounting for people, including searches 6. Supporting Survivors During Rescue 7. Places of safety 8. Remote Areas and other special cases Related Documents • MSC Circular 1182, Rev.1, Guide to Recovery Techniques • MSC Circular 1185, Rev.1, Guide for Cold Water Survival • MSC Circular 1447, Guidelines for the Development of Plans and Procedures for Recovery of Persons from the Water • MSC Circular 1184, Enhanced Contingency Planning Guidance for Passenger Ships Operating in Areas Remote from SAR Facilities • MSC Circular 1079, Rev.1: Guidelines for Preparing Plans for Cooperation Between SAR Services and Passenger Ships • Rescue at Sea: a Guide to Principles and Practice as Applied to Migrants & Refugees • Large Scale Rescue Operations at Sea • Unified Command Missions Objectives and Tasks 2013 • Is Your Port Prepared for Maritime Mass Rescue Operations? • Multi-Agency Quick Start Guide for Passenger Vessel Emergencies • Procedures for Passenger Accountability • Quick Reference Guide for Maritime Mass Rescue Planning • Mass Rescue Operation Shore-Side Response Plan • Landing Site Operations • Exercise Operations Order of Exercise Argonaut • Flow Chart Concerning an aeronautical MRO on land • Flow chart concerning an aeronautical MRO at sea • Flow Chart Concerning a Maritime Mass Rescue Operation • Ten Mass Rescue Operational Realities • Presentation on Mass Rescue Operations • Passenger Ship Safety Guidelines • Improvising 9/11: Organizational Improvisation Following the World Trade Center Disaster • Guide to Coordination of Major SAR Incidents at Sea (Mass Rescue Operations) • Refugees at Sea: Large Scale SAR Operations • Perspectives on Emergency Response in the Canadian Arctic • Mass Casualty Incident Response and Aeromedical Evacuation in Antarctica • Lessons Learned from Costa Concordia Emergency International Workshop • Mass Rescue Operations Planning Guidance • Overview of Marine Disaster Scene Management • Recovery of Persons from the Water • Guidance for "Good Samaritans" - Vessels Assisting in Maritime Search and Rescue • Guidelines for the Vessel Triage Categories • Vessel Triage Project - Presentation