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MRO SME Course - Accommodation

Details of the SPAR Hotel Majorna.
International Maritime Rescue Federation - Forward Look 2022 - Webinar - 27 January 2022

In our Webinar on the 27 January 2022 – 14:00-15:00 GMT, the IMRF and SAR leaders from our member organisations, will discuss the IMRF’s plans for the next twelve months and how these can support your organisation.
IMRF Mass Rescue Operations Subject-Matter Expert Course 2022 - Application Form

Please complete the course application form below, or go to the form in Survey Monkey. Places are strictly limited. There are only 25 places available. The application form is short and should only take you 10-15 minutes to complete. More information about the course is provided in the application form.
IMRF MRO Subject-Matter Expert Course - 15-17 June 2022

The IMRF is pleased to announce that we will be hosting our third Maritime Mass Rescue Operations (MRO) Subject-Matter Expert Course on 15-17 June 2022, in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The IMRF European Regional Meeting 2019- Dubrovnik, Croatia

In October delegates from IMRF member organisations across Europe attended the annual European Regional Development Meeting. This year it was hosted by the Ministry of the Sea, Transport & Infrastructure - Maritime Safety Directorate, Croatia and held at the Valamar Lacroma hotel in Dubrovnik on the 15th October 2019.
One Minute Silence for Société Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer Tragedy

Everyone in the IMRF family is deeply saddened to hear that a lifeboat belonging to Société Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer (SNSM) has overturned during a SAR operation off the west coast of France, with the loss of three crew members.

Chapter 20: The On Scene Coordinator

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

Command, Control, Coordination, Communication
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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.
Chapter 17: Command, Control & Coordination

Command, Control, Coordination, Communication
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
International Mass Rescue Conference (G5) - 12-14 June 2022

Photo by SSRS. In the light of the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, the International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF), in consultation with ...
The IMRF & Our Mission