Mass Rescue Operations

MRO Library: Resources

Resources

IMRF Guidance: Chapters (links to ‘IMRF MRO Guidance’)

1.	Identifying additional resources
2.	The use of regional resources
3.	Providing support on scene
4.	Funding

The 2022 IMRF Awards are now open for nominations

Its time to recognise your colleagues for their exceptional actions and applaud their expertise and skills in conducting SAR rescue operations. Nominations for the 2022 IMRF Awards are now open.
The IMRF’s #WomenInSAR Initiative … Three Years On

On the first International Day for Women in Maritime, we take a look back at all the work the IMRF has done since it launched the #WomenInSAR initiative in June 2019.
Blog: #WomenInSAR - Martina Capriotti

We talk to Martina Capriotti, a water rescue trainer and board member of the Italian Federation of Aquatic Rescue (FISA), about the IMRF’s upcoming International #WomenInSAR training and seminar, as well as the role of women in modern SAR operations.
Podcast: Why Gender Balance in Maritime SAR Matters

Caroline Jupe, IMRF’s Head of Fundraising & Projects, sits down with Jori Nordström from the Finnish Lifeboat Institution and Michael Vlasto, former IMRF Chair and Chair of the IMRF Awards committee, to discuss why gender balance matters in maritime search and rescue (SAR).

Chapter 20: The On Scene Coordinator

Command, Control, Coordination, Communication
Chapter 19: The SAR Mission Coordinator

Command, Control, Coordination, Communication
International Mass Rescue Conference (G5) – Last Remaining Places Available

There are only 20 places left. Registration closes on the 31 May 2022. To secure your place, please make sure you have paid the registration fee by 31 May 2022.
Chapter 17: Command, Control & Coordination

Command, Control, Coordination, Communication
Join the IMRF

Be part of the international NGO that is working to improve global maritime SAR capability. IMRF Members support each other and share knowledge, experience, expertise and innovations through the programme of webinars, conferences, meetings, forums and other activities.
Chapter 28: Exercises and Drills

Training, Exercises and Drills, and Learning from Experience
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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Chapter 18: The SAR Coordinator

Command, Control, Coordination, Communication
The IMRF & Our Mission

•	Article - Understanding the Challenge - MRO at Sea - Richard Button and Thomas Gorgol (amended January 2021)
•	MSC Circular 1185, Rev.1, Guide for Cold Water Survival
•	MSC Circular 1182, Rev.1, Guide to Recovery Techniques
•	MSC Circular 1183, Guidelines on the Provision of External Support as an Aid to Incident Containment for SAR Authorities and Others Concerned
•	Firefighting and Rescue at Sea - a Commentary
•	Emergency Towing - a Commentary
•	Capsized Vessel Rescue - a Commentary
•	Give All Ships the Means to Assist in Major Accidents at Sea
•	When Ships Became Rescue Boats
•	A Review of Cruise Ship Safety and Lessons Learned from the Costa Concordia Accident