Mass Rescue Operations MRO Home News & Articles MRO Related Documents MRO Related Documents MRO Documents The documents below relate mostly to MRO Guidance Chapter 1: Background and Challenges Analysis of the Challenges Associated with the Conduct of Maritime Mass Rescue Operations Article - Understanding the Challenge - MRO at Sea - Richard Button and Thomas Gorgol Understanding the Challenge - MRO at Sea - Richard Button and Thomas Gorgol Ten Mass Rescue Operational Realities Presentation on Mass Rescue Operations Overview of Marine Disaster Scene Management Maritime Mass Rescue Interventions; Availability and Associated Technology MRO Planning The documents below relate mostly to MRO Guidance Chapter 5: Complex Incident Planning Flow Chart Concerning a Maritime Mass Rescue Operation Quick Reference Guide for Maritime Mass Rescue Planning Mass Rescue Operations Planning Guidance Retrieval & Triage The documents below relate mostly to MRO Guidance Chapter 7: Personnel Retrieval Maritime Triage at a Mass Rescue Operation Recovery of Persons from the Water Passenger Accounting The documents below relate mostly to MRO Guidance Chapter 8: Accounting for People Procedures for Passenger Accountability Remote MRO The documents below relate mostly to MRO Guidance Chapter 11: Remote Locations and Special Cases Arctic Cruise Ships: the Urgent Need for Search and Rescue Mass Casualty Incident Response and Aeromedical Evacuation in Antarctica Impact of the International Arctic SAR Agreement Perspectives on Emergency Response in the Canadian Arctic Armed Conflict & Hostile Acts The documents below relate mostly to MRO Guidance Chapter 11: Remote Locations and Special Cases Improvising 9/11: Organizational Improvisation Following the World Trade Center Disaster MRO & Irregular Migration The documents below relate mostly to MRO Guidance Chapter 12: Irregular Migration Refugees at Sea: Large Scale SAR Operations Rescue at Sea: a Guide to Principles and Practice as Applied to Migrants & Refugees Large Scale Rescue Operations at Sea Use of Resources The documents below relate mostly to MRO Guidance Chapter 14: Identifying Additional Resources, Chapter 15: Use of Regional Resources, Chapter 23: The Use of Surface Resources, and Chapter 24: The Use of Aircraft Give All Ships the Means to Assist in Major Accidents at Sea Guidance for "Good Samaritans" - Vessels Assisting in Maritime Search and Rescue Vessel Triage Project - Presentation Vessel Triage - User Manual Firefighting and Rescue at Sea - a Commentary When Ships Became Rescue Boats Emergency Towing - a Commentary MRO Coordination, Command, Control & Communications The documents below relate mostly to MRO Guidance Chapter 18: Coordination, Command and Control Guide to Coordination of Major SAR Incidents at Sea (Mass Rescue Operations) Training Command & Control in Search & Rescue - Adaptive Behaviors in Uncertain Conditions Unified Command Missions Objectives and Tasks 2013 Landing Sites The documents below relate mostly to MRO Guidance Chapter 19: Places of Safety and Chapter 25: Maritime and Shoreside Coordination Mass Rescue Operation Shore-Side Response Plan Is Your Port Prepared for Maritime Mass Rescue Operations? Landing Site Operations MRO Exercises & Lessons Learned The documents below relate mostly to MRO Guidance Chapter 30: Exercises and Drills Evaluation Report Mass Rescue Exercise Black Swan Evaluation Report MRO Exercise Black Swan Exercise Black Swan: Concept to Fruition Evaluation MRO Exercise, Ketchikan Alaska, 2009 Evaluation Report of MRO Exercise LIVEX09 Evaluation report Alaska Mass Rescue Operation Exercise 2009 Exercise Operations Order of Exercise Argonaut Mass Rescue Operation: Exercise Core Components Capsized Vessel Rescue - a Commentary MRO Case Studies & Lessons Learned The documents below relate mostly to MRO Guidance Chapter 31: After Action Reports and Continuous Improvement 2025 table top international MRO exercise in Victoria, Australia Costa Concordia - Full Investigation Report A Review of Cruise Ship Safety and Lessons Learned from the Costa Concordia Accident Lessons Learned from Costa Concordia Emergency International Workshop Report of the Observation Mission to the Costa Concordia The Costa Concordia Shipwreck, Summary of Emergency Response Management Assessment of the Viking Sky Incident Final Report of Sinking of the Estonia Investigation Report on the Capsize of the Herald of Free Enterprise Investigation report of the Fire on the Lisco Gloria Investigation Report of the Fire on the Nordlys Incident Report of the Grounding and Evacuation of the Empress of the North Lessons Learned at the TWA Flight 800 Disaster Preliminary Investigation Report on the Sinking of Al Salam Boccaccio 98 Passenger Vessel MRO Evacuability of Passenger Ships at Sea Evacuation of a Passenger Ship - is Panic a Major Factor? Passenger Ship Safety Guidelines Search & Rescue Response to Ferry Accidents; Common Problems, Potential Solutions & Good Practice Multi-Agency Quick Start Guide for Passenger Vessel Emergencies IMO & Reference Documents COMSAR Circular 31, Guidance for Mass Rescue Operations MSC Circular 1079, Rev.1: Guidelines for Preparing Plans for Cooperation Between SAR Services and Passenger Ships MSC Circular 1182, Rev.1, Guide to Recovery Techniques MSC Circular 1183, Guidelines on the Provision of External Sup p ort as an Aid to Incident Containment for SAR Authorities and Others Concerned MSC Circular 1184, Enhanced Contingency Planning Guidance for Passenger Ship s Operating in Areas Remote from SAR Facilities MSC Circular 1185, Rev.1, Guide for Cold Water Survival MSC.1/Circ.1186, Guidelines on the Training of SAR Service Personnel Working in Major Incidents MSC Circular 1447, Guidelines for the Development of Plans and Procedures for Recovery of Persons from the Water Aeronautical MRO Flow chart concerning an aeronautical MRO on land Flow chart concerning an aeronautical MRO at sea Manage Cookie Preferences