Mass Rescue Operations

MRO Library: Training, Exercises and Drills, and Learning from Experience

Chapters

Chapter 26	MRO Training
Chapter 27	The IMRF MRO workshop guide
Chapter 28	Exercises and Drills
Chapter 29	Learning processes
Chapter 30	Exercise and incident reports

Nominees
IMRF announces nomination shortlist for this year’s IMRF Awards

The IMRF has announced the finalists for this year’s IMRF Awards, recognising volunteer and professional SAR personnel from around the world.
Donate to the IMRF - Help Saving Lives in the World's Waters

Donate today to support the development of search and recuse (SAR) capability around the world.
How We're Funded

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

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.
Full Members
The IMRF & Our Mission
MRO Home
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.
Staff
#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.
IDRA-ILS-IMRF: COVID-19 Drowning Resuscitation Guidance Published

Resuscitation of the drowned person in the era of COVID-19 disease: A common ground for recommendations, identification of research needs and a global call to action
IMO Meeting Reports & Various