Blog: How U SAFE Is Looking to Reinvent the Lifebuoy

We sit down with Jorge Noras, founder and president of U SAFE about how this innovative technology is helping first responders tackle SAR operations in challenging circumstances Read more
The Sun Glory Marine Company Sponsor the IMRF Team Award

The IMRF Awards were established six years ago to recognise search and rescue (SAR) professionals around the world for their outstanding actions, skills, expertise and commitment or an innovation/technology that transforms SAR activities. Read more

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Blog: How U SAFE Is Looking to Reinvent the Lifebuoy

We sit down with Jorge Noras, founder and president of U SAFE about how this innovative technology is helping first responders tackle SAR operations in challenging circumstances Read more

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. Read more

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#SARyouOK? – Jacob Tas, Chief Executive Officer, KNRM

Jacob Tas talks about the sometimes tragic nature of maritime SAR operations and how SAR organisations must do their bit to support their crews during these difficult events.
Blog: Henk Spanjer, lecturer at MIWB and volunteer at KNRM

We sit down with Henk Spanjer, the keynote speaker at this year's WMRC in Rotterdam, about his drive to help people in trouble at sea
The IMRF Centennial History Portal

The IMRF's Centennial History Portal looks to shed more light on the fascinating history of the IMRF and the maritime SAR sector.
Save The Date: IMRF MRO Subject Matter Expert Course, June 2024

The IMRF is pleased to announce that we will be hosting our fourth Maritime Mass Rescue Operations (MRO) Subject-Matter Expert Course in June 2024.

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.
OLD - Join the IMRF - OLD

The IMRF brings together and represents the world’s maritime search and rescue organisations, including voluntary and governmental organisations, as well as suppliers to the sector, to improve maritime SAR capabilities worldwide.
WMRC 2023 - Registration Open

The fifth World Maritime Rescue Congress will be held from 18–20 June 2023 in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The Congress theme is: "Towards Sustainable Maritime SAR – Building on our History to Secure our Future."
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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.
The IMRF #WomenInSAR Initiative

The #WomenInSAR initiative aims to increase the representation of women in the maritime sector generally and to provide support for, and raise the profile of, women in the maritime SAR sector specifically.