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In 2019 We Have Welcomed the Following Members into the IMRF Community

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement
Emergency Response Team Seychelles (ERT)
Water Safety New Zealand Incorp (WSN)
HamiltonJet
The Britannia Steam Ship Insurance Association
Pickering Auxiliary Rescue Association
What3Words
Surf Life Saving Kariaotahi INC
Georgia MTA
Marine Offshore Safety Training
Surf Life Saving Kariaotahi INC

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IMRF Awards 2021 - Captain Chen Jian, China Rescue & Salvage (CRS)

Captain Chen Jian, China Rescue & Salvage (CRS), Winner of the IMRF Award for Outstanding Individual Contribution to Maritime SAR Operations.
The IMRF Awards 2021 Winners Announced

Winners from SAR organisations all around the world are recognised and applauded ….and the IMRF People’s Award is launched
Lifeboat Crew Exchange 2021 - Webinars - 22 & 23 September 2021

The IMRF is pleased to announce our upcoming IMRF Lifeboat Crew Exchange Webinars.
Past & Present Sponsors of the IMRF Awards

The IMRF Awards 2021 Winners Announced

Winners from SAR organisations all around the world are recognised and applauded ….and the IMRF People’s Award is launched
HamiltonJet Sponsors #WomeninSAR Award

IMRF Associate Member HamiltonJet is sponsoring this year’s IMRF #WomeninSAR Award. The IMRF Awards are in their 6th year and are internationally recognised and highly regarded by the maritime search and rescue (SAR) community worldwide.
The IMRF Awards 2021 Shortlist Is Revealed

The judges for the 6th IMRF Awards have finished reviewing all the submissions and have announced this years’ award finalists.
The IMRF Basic Rescue Boat Operator Manual - Engineer Ibrahim Shettima, SAR Mission Coordinator with the NIMASA

The IMRF’s Basic Rescue Boat Operator Manual, together with the accompanying Rescue Boat Operator Search Cards, provides recommended best practice for any organisation looking at introducing basic training in Rescue Boat SAR operations.
The IMRF Basic Rescue Boat Operator Manual - Robin Jenkins, CEO, Atlantic Pacific International Rescue

The IMRF’s Basic Rescue Boat Operator Manual, together with the accompanying Rescue Boat Operator Search Cards, provides recommended best practice for any organisation looking at introducing basic training in Rescue Boat SAR operations.
Pole Star Sponsor the IMRF Award for Innovation & Technology for the 4th year running

In their 6th year, the IMRF Awards are internationally recognised and highly regarded by the maritime SAR community worldwide.
Pandemic Response Guidance for Maritime Search and Rescue Organisations

The IMRF has now developed a guidance manual that could be used as the basis for planning and delivering maritime SAR services in pandemics.
Migration and Maritime SAR – Reaffirming Basic Principles

Responding to a need to save lives – Mark Dowie, CEO RNLI defends basic SAR principle. Read more ...
The First-Ever UN Resolution on Global Drowning Prevention Has Been Agreed!

James Vaughan, IMRF Trustee and International Director of the RNLI, writes about the first ever UN resolution on global drowning prevention and explains what it means for IMRF members and how we can mark the first International Day of Drowning Prevention on 25 July 2021.
IMRF Launches #WomenInSAR Mentoring Scheme - Be a Part of It

The IMRF #WomenInSAR Mentoring Scheme aims to match women mentors and mentees from the maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) sector.

Chapter 20: The On Scene Coordinator
Chapter 19: The SAR Mission Coordinator
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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.
A New Initiative for World Maritime Day – 30 September 2021

The IMO Secretary General, Mr Kitack Lim, has announced a new initiative to mark the World Maritime theme each year, beginning with the theme for 2021, "Seafarers: at the core of shippingʹs future.”
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Chapter 17: Command, Control & Coordination
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.
Chapter 28: Exercises and Drills
The IMRF Awards 2021 Shortlist Is Revealed

The judges for the 6th IMRF Awards have finished reviewing all the submissions and have announced this years’ award finalists.
Chapter 18: The SAR Coordinator