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The IMRF's HERO Awards

Do you know a SAR hero? If you are involved in mari�me search and rescue, of course you do. And you know too that SAR heroes come in all shapes and sizes – from the men and women out at sea, at the front line of saving lives, to those who support them ashore; coordinators, boat launchers, administrators, fundraisers, developers, and people working on innova�ons that will keep rescuers safer, and casual�es alive. There are heroes everywhere.

The IMRF believes that such heroes should be acknowledged. We know that SAR people do not do what they do for awards; but awards are s�ll important. We want to raise the profile of mari�me SAR around the world, so that everyone from Government ministers to the man and woman on the street can see just how much it takes to set up and run a mari�me SAR service.

To this end, with the strong support of IMRF Associate Members McMurdo, the IMRF is ins�tu�ng its HERO Awards – Honouring Excellence in Rescue Opera�ons. Our aim is to recognise and thank individuals and teams for courageous rescue missions, technical innova�ons, development ini�a�ves and other outstanding services to mari�me SAR, in keeping with the IMRF's mission to improve global SAR and help prevent loss of life at sea. The HERO Awards will honour equally acts of courage and of innova�on and SAR development, drawing a�en�on to technical and intellectual excellence as well as the more visible acts of rescue.

The 2016 Awards will recognise ac�ons that took place, or were completed, in the period 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. The closing date for nomina�ons is 29 July. Any individual or organisa�on anywhere in the world may be nominated.

For full details on how to enter visit write to The HERO Awards Coordinator, Interna�onal Mari�me www.imr�ero.org;Rescue Federa�on, 50 Allardice Street, Stonehaven AB39 2RA, UK; email ; or telephone +44 (0)1569 [email protected].

Let's get our heroes the recogni�on they deserve!

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In this issue:• T he IMRF's HERO Awards

• SAR in South Africa• News from Morocco, Finland, Bangladesh, Venezuela, Sri Lanka and the Mediterranean

• A nd more!

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EDITORIALWelcome to the latest issue of your newsle�er.

Once again we have many interes�ng things to report, and I hope you will enjoy reading about them all. I would just like to highlight a few items here – and there's a piece of exci�ng late news too. Let's have that first.

We are delighted to say, as LIFE LINE goes to press, that the IMRF Board have agreed to accept a very kind invita�on from our good friends in western Canada, IMRF members Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCM-SAR), to hold our next World Mari�me Rescue Congress and Quadrennial General Mee�ng in Vancouver, in the northern summer of 2019. Precise dates and venues will be announced in due course.

Vancouver is well-placed for our global membership, with excellent interna�onal transport links. We look forward to seeing you there – and if 2019 sounds a long way off, remember that it's actually li�le more than three years away; and �me flies!

While the Congress is our biggest event each quadrennium, the IMRF has also developed a proud reputa�on for its other conferences and workshops. Many readers will be aware of our Gothenburg series of mass rescue conferences, for example. However, organising interna�onal conferences is a lot of work for a small team, so it has been decided that, in future, we will aim to hold a major conference mid-term in each four-year cycle. With Congress, that means a major IMRF event every second year: the next one will be in 2017. We will announce details soon. Watch out for them on the website and in LIFE LINE.

This year, among other events we will be par�cipa�ng in, we will run a mass rescue workshop at the ISAR conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in July. For further details please contact [email protected].

Other highlights? Well: our new colleagues on the secretariat are big – and very welcome! – news to some of us, at least: see page 3. The soon-to-be-published 2016 edi�on of the IAMSAR Manual is important to everyone in SAR – and the discounts available to members using our online bookshop are good news too! See pages 8-9.

But the HERO Awards, announced on page 1, will, we trust, be great news for you all. Let me encourage you to join in. For in SAR we all know heroes!

Dave [email protected]

DATES FOR THE DIARY

Focus on Mari�me Safety 201625 April 2016 Helsinki, Finland see www.konferenssit.fi/180

Australian & New Zealand Disaster, Emergency Management & SAR Conferences30 May - 1 June 2016 Jupiters Gold Coast, Australia see and anzdmc.com.au sar.anzdmc.com.au

Ferry Safety & Technology Conference2-3 June 2016 New York City, USA see ferrysafetyconference.squarespace.com

SAR Europe Conference, plus Arc�c rescue & survival training workshops7-8 & 9 June 2016 Copenhagen, Denmark see searchandrescueeurope.com

Seawork Interna�onal Exhibi�on & Conference14-16 June 2016 Southampton, UK see www.seawork.com

Mari�me SAR Conference21-22 June 2016 Helsinki, Finland see mari�me-sar.com

ISAR 5th Interna�onal SAR Conference19-21 July 2016 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia see globalsar.com.my

IMRF Crew Exchange 201624 September - 1 October 2016 for more informa�on email [email protected]

ICE-SAR Rescue 201614-16 October 2016 Reykjavik, Iceland see rescue.is/conference

If you are planning a SAR event of interna�onal interest which you would like to see listed here, please send the details to [email protected]

CONTENTS PageIMRF secretariat expands to meet demand 3The IMRF Board in Cape Town 4Rescue off the Wild Coast 5African mari�me SAR training pushes forward 6IMRF provides lifejackets to Bangladesh fishermen 7Sri Lankan Lifeboat Ins�tu�on receive a �mely boost 7IAMSAR Manual – new edi�on on sale soon 8Drowning 9Finnish Lifeboat Ins�tu�on goes to sea 10We need a rescue boat 10Interna�onal rescue effort con�nues in the Aegean 11MOAS in South East Asia 12Member Focus – ADES Venezuela 12And finally 12

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IMRF Secretariat expands to meet demand

As our Chief Execu�ve, Bruce Reid, noted in the February edi�on of LIFE LINE – which you can download from the newsle�er archive at www.interna�onal-mari�me-rescue.org – the IMRF secretariat (a small team servicing a very large organisa�on!) has been under considerable pressure of late, and, as the IMRF's reputa�on spreads, there is no sign that that pressure will decrease. “The key focus now,” says Bruce, “is to get the structure and support right and the funding aligned.”

That work is progressing, most obviously with the recruitment of two new members to the IMRF's UK-based team. We are delighted to welcome Caroline Jupe, who will be leading on our fundraising from now on, and Rebecca Jeffries, who joins the administra�on team in Stonehaven.

Caroline has worked in the UK charity sector for nine years. In that �me she has predominantly worked as a fundraiser, at Ac�on on Hearing Loss and the Bri�sh Heart Founda�on. She has also spent �me working at CRI, a drug and alcohol charity, as a project worker.

As the IMRF's new Fundraising Manager, Caroline will be working on developing our fundraising func�ons across the board – an essen�al ac�vity, of course, as our work con�nues to develop and expand. If you would like to get in touch with her about a fundraising opportunity or idea or if you are interested in working together on a fundraising project or would like to get involved with fundraising for the IMRF, then please contact Caroline at [email protected]. “I'm looking forward very much to hearing from, and working with, IMRF members,” she says.

Rebecca Jeffries has worked in the shipping and mari�me SAR industries since 2001. A former officer of the watch with P&O Princess Cruises, and a watch officer with HM Coastguard – the UK's mari�me SAR coordinators – she has also been a crew member and trainee helm with the Royal Na�onal Lifeboat Ins�tu�on (RNLI) in Stonehaven since 2013. Most recently she has been employed as business administrator with the Marine Training Academy in Stonehaven.

Joining the IMRF team as an Execu�ve Officer, Rebecca will be able to apply her skills across a wide range of our ac�vi�es. “To be able to join the IMRF is such an incredible opportunity,” she says, “And the job has all the elements of search and rescue that I want to be involved with

professionally and to help develop further.”

“It's excellent to have two such experienced and enthusias�c people join the team,” says Bruce Reid. “There's a very great deal for the IMRF to do, and of course we need high-quality people to help us do it. I should point out, though, that our funding situa�on means that many of our staff work part-�me. Including our exis�ng team – Wendy Webster, our IT Management & Digital Crea�ve Officer; Jill Greenlees, our Financial Controller; and David Jardine-Smith, who leads for us on technical ma�ers at the IMO and on our mass rescue opera�ons project – we will s�ll only have 4.75 full-�me equivalent staff. We s�ll need to build, to be able to handle the increasing demand – but we're ge�ng there!”

As noted briefly in the February edi�on of LIFE LINE, there have been changes recently in the IMRF's Asia-Pacific Regional Centre in Shanghai too. Joining IMRF Trustee Zhang Rongjun at the APRC (see ) in place of www.imrf.asiaour old friends Gu Yiming and Qiu Jing are Execu�ve Officers Qin Huapu and Zeng Haowei.

Qin Huapu graduated from Shanghai Interna�onal Studies University in 2009. She started her career as a Foreign Affairs secretary in the Donghai Rescue Bureau of China Rescue and Salvage. From 2012 to 2013, Huapu furthered her educa�on in Mari�me Safety and Environment Administra�on at the World Mari�me University in Sweden, and obtained her master's degree in science there.

A�er he graduated from the University of Manchester in 2012, Zeng Haowei returned to his homeland and started his career in China Ocean Engineering Shanghai Company (a salvage company based in Shanghai). Haowei was seconded to the APRC in November 2015.

Finally, and although not formally a member of staff, the APRC has also been boosted by the appointment in late February of Mr Axel Barktus as a special consultant. Axel has worked in China for over 15 years, and now is the president of Messe Dusseldorf (Shanghai), a subsidiary of Messe Dusseldorf GmbH, one of the world's leading exhibi�on organizers and an IMRF Associate Member. His responsibili�es as special consultant will be to provide advice on member recruitment, brand promo�on and fundraising, and to represent the APRC at relevant interna�onal mee�ngs and ac�vi�es in the region. Axel is seen here receiving his cer�ficate of appointment from Zhang Rongjun.

Welcome aboard, everybody! Now: on with the work…

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The IMRF Board in Cape TownThe IMRF's Board of Trustees meets twice a year in its capacity as a board of directors to oversee the charity's ac�ons and assess our progress against our agreed strategies. When possible, the Board aligns its mee�ngs with a SAR event in the host country which, in March, was South Africa.

“These events have two overall aims,” says Bruce Reid, IMRF's CEO: “To enable the IMRF to gain a be�er understanding of what is going on in SAR around the world; and to pass on to our local colleagues some of the things the IMRF is involved with interna�onally.” According to the World Health Organiza�on (WHO), the great majority of global drownings occur in Africa and Asia, so it is in these regions that the IMRF is par�cularly keen to focus its work. “And the key to SAR success is coopera�on,” says Bruce: “Locally, na�onally and interna�onally.” The IMRF will help wherever it can.

On this occasion the Board par�cipated in a very interes�ng seminar in Cape Town with colleagues from the South African SAR services, hearing presenta�ons from IMRF Members the Na�onal Sea Rescue Ins�tute (NSRI), Lifesaving South Africa, MRCC Cape Town (who kindly hosted the second day), the Mari�me Safety Authority of South Africa (SAMSA), and the South African Defence Force. Board and IMRF secretariat members also gave talks on a range of current topics in interna�onal SAR.

Mark Hughes, NSRI's Opera�ons Director, gave a presenta�on on NSRI (see ) and the idea of www.nsri.org.zaspreading the volunteer model to other parts of the African con�nent. The ques�on of SAR assistance from shipping was also discussed. South Africa has a huge mari�me SAR region, most of it beyond the range of its shorebased SAR facili�es. The coordinated assistance of passing ships is an essen�al component. (See 'Rescue off the Wild Coast', below.)

IMRF Trustees Dean Lawrence, of Coastguard New Zealand, and Jorge Diena, of ADES Uruguay, spoke respec�vely on 'Nowcas�ng' – using automa�c solar-powered weather sta�ons broadcas�ng current condi�ons and forecasts to help water users plan their voyages – and volunteer SAR in South America. Some volunteers, said Jorge, “Lack everything but passion.” Accident preven�on is also a key task, however: “Intellectuals solve problems, but geniuses prevent them”.

NSRI's Bre� Ayres gave a very interes�ng talk on 'not repea�ng error' – learning lessons from experience, and applying those lessons. IMRF Chairman Udo Fox gave a brief presenta�on on his own organisa�on, the German Mari�me SAR Service, then summarised the IMRF's coordinated work under its 'Members Assis�ng Members' scheme in response to the migrant crisis in the Aegean Sea ( s e e w w w . i n t e r n a � o n a l - m a r i � m e -rescue.org/homemigrant). The President of Lifesaving South Africa, Dylan Tommy, talked about his organisa�on's

Members of the IMRF Board & Secretariat with Cleeve Robertson (NSRI), Jared Blows (MRCC Cape Town),

and Dylan Tommy (Life Saving South Africa)

h i s t o r y, a ffi l i a � o n s a n d c u r r e n t s e t - u p : s e e h�p://lifesaving.co.za/. Dylan spoke of the sport of lifeguarding as well as its emergency response role, and noted his organisa�on's contacts with similar regional groups.

IMRF Trustee James Vaughan, Interna�onal Director of the UK & Ireland's Royal Na�onal Lifeboat Ins�tu�on, began the seminar's second day with a presenta�on on the 'silent epidemic', based on the WHO's report that some 372,000 people drown each year. James noted that 90% of the total die in poorer countries, par�cularly in Africa and Asia; and o�en far inland, beyond the scope of mari�me SAR. We need to work with other sectors if we are to make a real impact on these numbers.

Jared Blows, head of MRCC Cape Town – the regional mari�me rescue coordina�on centre for the Southern Africa region – explained the role of SAMSA within South Africa's SAR arrangements. Regional challenges include priori�sa�on, and hence funding; technical skills (including use of the English language); infrastructure development, ar�sanal fishing and (in the northern Mozambique Channel) a con�nuing threat of piracy. However, there is con�nuing willingness to improve, especially at the lead agency level, with IMO and donor countries and ins�tu�ons s�ll ac�vely involved. There is good bilateral coopera�on too as regards remote area SAR, par�cularly in the Southern Ocean.

Colonel C R Opperman of the Department of Defence, Joint Opera�ons (whose remit includes SAR and disaster management planning), spoke about the South African Defence Force's SAR capabili�es. IMRF Trustee Zhang Rongjun explained the mari�me safety situa�on and preparedness for mass rescue opera�ons in the Asia-Pacific region, including the work of the IMRF's Asia-Pacific Regional Centre. David Jardine-Smith of the IMRF's secretariat talked about the IMRF's mass rescue opera�ons project, emphasising the benefits of planning and training for such opera�ons as well as appraising the results of relevant incidents and exercises. (See w w w . i n t e r n a � o n a l - m a r i � m e -rescue.org/homemropublic.)

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the seminar about two SAMSA projects – an inland waterways safety programme and an ongoing trial of Class B AIS transponders in ar�sanal fishing vessels. Cleeve Robertson of N S R I spoke about medevacs from commercial vessels, of which the NSRI conduct about 70 a year by boat. The seminar closed with a presenta�on by David Jardine-Smith and Bruce Reid on the IMRF's work at, and with, the Interna�onal Mari�me Organiza�on (IMO), on SAR development and technical coopera�on issues.

For a full report of the Cape Town seminar, and copies of the p r e s e n t a � o n s g i v e n t h e r e , p l e a s e v i s i t h�p://www.interna�onal-mari�me-rescue.org/imrf-mari�me-sar-seminar-cape-town-13-14-march-2016.

A rescue off the Wild CoastAndrew Ingram of South Africa's Na�onal Sea Rescue Ins�tute writes:

If you had walked past the table around which the seven of us were si�ng, the chances are that you would not have given us a second glance. But if you had stopped you would have heard Hervé Lepage, master of the 277-metre French-registered container carrier CMA CGM Rossini, and the ships' chief engineer, Lyes Lassel, tell the harrowing story of their search for Jean Sitruk, 65, and Kyle Castelyn, 20, a�er their capsized catamaran Llama Lo was found 50 miles off the Wild Coast, on South Africa's southeastern shores.

Looking up, I see the Table Bay Sea Rescue base behind Captain Lepage. Night is falling. The rescue boat Spirit of Vodacom is lit up inside the base, a fi�ng backdrop to a story of excep�onal seamanship and determina�on.

I look at Kyle, si�ng across the table from me. A rake-thin young man with long blond hair and moustache, he sits ramrod straight in his chair. His brown eyes are focused, unblinking, on Captain Lepage. I think of the first �me I saw him, walking off Spirit of Vodacom. It was mid-October 2015. He had a smile from ear to ear as he walked up to his mother. She threw her arms around him and pulled him towards her. Jean Sitruk, skipper of the Llama Lo, stood on the rescue boat, tears streaming down his face as he watched. Only a couple of days before, as the two men ba�led for survival in the yacht's �ny tender, Jean had thought they would die. “We were nearer death than life,” Jean says. “I hoped to live for my family. But especially for Kyle.”

Jean, from Lyon, France, and his crewman Kyle, from Strand, Cape Town, were on passage from the Maldives. The yacht was on autopilot, making 12-13 knots in rough seas. Both men were down below when, with a loud bang, the yacht momentarily stopped and then swung hard to port. Rushing up on deck Kyle saw a whale on their port side. Water was flooding into the hull through a 70 cm hole. The boat was going to capsize. With a hole that big there was nothing that the two sailors could do to prevent it.

Kyle threw the lifera� overboard, then dashed below to

grab emergency supplies, and Jean grabbed the Emergency Posi�on Indica�ng Radio Beacon (EPIRB). Kyle transmi�ed the VHF call that every seafarer dreads: “Mayday, Mayday, Mayday, this is the yacht Llama Lo…”

The catamaran was lis�ng heavily to port as the two men came back on deck, only to see that the lifera� was floa�ng more than 200 metres away. Their only chance now was a small inflatable boat, the yacht's tender. Kyle tried to start the tender to go to the lifera� but the engine wouldn't fire. They pushed away from the yacht and watched as she slowly rolled over. It was just a�er 6pm. As darkness descended on the Indian Ocean the two men dri�ed away from the capsized catamaran and switched their EPIRB on.

Sea condi�ons were deteriora�ng. A wind of 50 knots was ba�ering the two men as the Mari�me Rescue Coordina�on Centre at Gris Nez, far away on the north coast of France, received their emergency beacon signal. Gris Nez alerted the South African MRCC, and a huge rescue effort began. Five ships in the area were diverted to the posi�on; and the East London Sea Rescue volunteers and a military Oryx helicopter launched in the morning.

Through the night Kyle and Jean took turns to paddle the li�le rubber boat, trying to keep her head into the sea. Huge 6 to 7 metre swells, some�mes crumbling at the top, threatened to turn them over. In the distance they could see the lights of the ships looking for them. Kyle ignited a handheld flare without response, and they decided to keep the remaining flares un�l the ships were closer.

As the sun rose on a seemingly empty ocean, a wave, bigger than the rest, flipped the li�le boat, dumping the men into the sea. Kyle had tethered his rucksack to the dinghy and as soon as they had scrambled onto the upturned hull he pulled it up. Inside was six days' supply of fresh water. The gear not �ed to the boat, including their flares, was gone. “I saw my packet of Future Life Cereal floa�ng past and grabbed it so at least we would have that to eat,” says Kyle. Two hours later another wave flipped the tender again, and the men scrambled back into the boat.

On the horizon they could see ships. But by now they had dri�ed far from Llama Lo, and the first ships to arrive at the wreck reported that there was no sign of life aboard. Soon a�er that the empty lifera� was found.

Nearing the search area was the huge French container carrier CMA CGM Rossini. At sunrise the duty officer called Captain Lepage to the bridge. The ship had been alerted by the French MRCC to the distress signal. By a strange twist of fate the Captain had done his military service at Gris Nez in 1988, and he is also a volunteer with the French Sea Rescue Service, SNSM, in his home town of La Rochelle.

“At 12h15 we called Port Elizabeth Radio and told them that we were ge�ng close to the posi�on,” says Hervé. He knew that there were already five ships in the area. One had found the capsized cat, another the empty lifera�. But none had followed the EPIRB posi�on which was dri�ing down the coast. “I contacted my company and the MRCC and suggested that we chase the EPIRB.”

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shou�ng encouragement to the exhausted sailor. Against the odds, the Rossini's crew managed to get the elderly skipper on board.

“I thought that we would lose him,” says Hervé. “But we did not.”

At 16h15 the Rossini glided up alongside the wreck. “It was close to my starboard bow and we gave a blast on the horn thinking that they might be inside. There was no response. No sign.”

Hervé gave the order to increase power, and considered the EPIRB posi�ons. Although there was a two-hour �me delay, they formed a straight line, dri�ing away from the lifera�. “We had six pairs of binoculars on the bridge,” says Hervé, “So I called six men up and divided the area to search into sectors. Each man must concentrate only on his sector.”

Then came the skew ball. The MRCC gave the next EPIRB posi�on away off to the le� of where it should be. With darkness approaching this required calm thinking and some careful calcula�ons. Captain Lepage gave the order to turn to port. Although he believed that the posi�on was wrong, he had worked out that they would have enough �me to check and then, if need be, to loop around and sail back up the dri� line that they had been searching.

It was a call that needed to be made by ins�nct. At 17h50 he gave the command: “Turn to starboard now.” The Rossini's bow came around and Hervé lined her up on track in the opposite direc�on, before the wild goose chase off the dri� line. “The picture that was in my mind was of them in the water with immersion suits on, the EPIRB in their hands.” He called for an increase of speed, knowing that if they did not find the two yachtsmen before dark their chances of survival would not be good.

“There.”

The call was from the Chief Engineer, Lyes Lassel, who was scanning a sector to port. He had seen a single flash of orange. Binoculars swung and, clearly now, the men on the bridge saw two orange specks – the collars of the life jackets that Kyle and Jean were wearing. The great ship slowed down and turned towards them.

Kyle and Jean had been watching the container carrier for a couple of hours, slowly paddling towards it. “And then they gave three blasts on their horn,” said Kyle, “And then we knew …” His voice trails off and he looks down at the floor.

It was 15 minutes before sunset. And one of the biggest challenges for Captain Lepage and his crew lay ahead: how to get the huge ship alongside the �ny rubber boat and then get the two men up the steel wall of the ship's side?

“I used the wind and the currents,” says Hervé. With great skill he sailed the Rossini up to the li�le yacht tender, leaving Kyle and Jean only a few metres to paddle to the side of the ship.

Despite his exhaus�on, youth was on Kyle's side. He was up the ship's ladder in a flash. But Jean, knowing now that Kyle was safe, had no energy le�. As he started the 9 metre climb up the rope ladder his hands slipped and he crashed into the sea, losing his lifejacket.

The Chief Officer, Sadi Resdedant, rushed out onto the ladder to help, dropping a helicopter strop on a rope and

CMA CGM Rossini at Cape Town: Ian Shiffman, Ports & Ships Mari�me News

African mari�me SAR training pushes forward

The development by the IMRF and our partners of mari�me SAR management, organisa�on and coordina�on in Rescue Coordina�on Centres across the north and west of Africa con�nues to advance, with the most recent training for On Scene Coordinators completed in late March in Agadir, Morocco.

22 trainees from 16 countries a�ended the course delivered by John A. Carey, Director of Personnel Recovery for the United States Navy's Commander Naval Forces Europe/Africa and Commander 6th Fleet. Mr Carey provided an advanced OSC course as many of the trainees had a�ended the base OSC course delivered at the end of 2015.

Regional Coordinator and IMRF Trustee Mohammed Drissi is quick to stress the importance of the training delivered over the past three years in partnership with the IMO's Technical Coopera�on Directorate and the IMRF. Over 160 people from 16 countries have a�ended these courses since the end of 2014.

“We have managed to build momentum by arranging regular training and regional mee�ngs,” says Mohammed. “There is now a pool of well trained SAR coordinators and managers in the majority of the countries' RCCs across the region. The goal has always been to help each of the countries develop their own RCC capability so less �me is lost and more lives can be saved when accidents occur at sea. We have now developed trainers within the region so we are less reliant on external trainers.”

This year these new trainers from Morocco will be working with up to 80 SAR coordinators at MRCCs in Cape Verde, Senegal and Mauritania, with a course for Francophone countries in the wider region delivered in French.

The challenge now is to find ways of con�nuing to fund this ini�a�ve as there is a reducing amount of support available through the IMO's Technical Coopera�on Commi�ee.

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“The IMRF became involved with this regional ini�a�ve as we iden�fied that, without centralised coordina�on of mari�me SAR through the RCC, it is a challenge to iden�fy how best to assist the development of rescue services along these coasts,” says IMRF CEO Bruce Reid.

“There is now a demonstrated value in this programme so we hope we can find funding to con�nue to advance the SAR development. For many of the countries involved, funding mari�me SAR development is not a priority. We need to encourage these countries to support future development. Un�l that �me we need to find support to advance this ini�a�ve and to help complete the Global SAR Plan.”

If you would like more informa�on or could assist in funding future SAR training ini�a�ves in Africa please contact Carol ine Jupe, I M R F 's Fundrais ing Manager, at [email protected].

Mohammed Drissi and John Carey with the OSC course a�endees

IMRF provides lifejackets to Bangladesh fishermenOne thousand lifejackets have been donated to Bangladesh fishermen following work done by the IMRF's Asia-Pacific Regional Centre (APRC).

The ini�a�ve began with an approach to the IMRF from the Tropical Dolphin Research Founda�on. A severe tropical storm in September 2015 capsized many fishing boats, with considerable loss of life. Mr Mahmud Rahman, a dolphin ecologist with the Founda�on, had been working with fishermen in the region to help him understand more about the marine life offshore. He understood the impact that lifejackets could have had in the storm, and decided to find out what could be done for the villages hardest hit.

APRIL 2016Jennifer Lewis, the Founda�on's Director, says: “We sent an email to the IMRF to see what type of help could be provided. What resulted was an amazing collabora�on between chari�es, government organisa�ons and commercial suppliers.”

Along with IMRF member organisa�on Shanghai Sun Glory Marine Co Ltd and the Bangladesh Coast Guard, the APRC team arranged for 1000 lifejackets to be delivered to the Bangladesh Navy ships Pro�oy and Shandhinota, then docked in the Chinese city of Qidong, Jiangsu Province. The Navy very kindly transported the lifejackets to Bangladesh, where their distribu�on was coordinated by the Coast Guard. It was agreed that the lifejackets would be shared across the south east, south and south west coastal areas, with the Coast Guard distribu�ng 300 in Moheshkhali, Shahpuri and Kutubdia, and another 300 in Pathorghata.

Mr Rahman was instrumental in managing the distribu�on of the remaining 400 from the Bangladesh Fisheries Research Ins�tute at Bagarhat. A small ceremony was held, a�ended by 45 local fishermen, and 21 boats were provided with 14 jackets each. Vessel checks will be made by local Coast Guard officers to ensure the jackets are maintained on the vessels.

“This is a great example of coopera�on between chari�es, a commercial company and the military to provide real support for the fishermen of Bangladesh,” says Bruce Reid, IMRF CEO. “The country has one of the highest rates of drowning in the world and their fishermen risk their lives on a daily basis.

“We hope to be able to offer more support in the future.”

“We realize that it may seem a leap from protec�ng dolphins,” adds Dr Lewis, “But to us conserva�on also involves protec�ng humans that share this environment with the dolphins. Doing this, we then have a be�er chance to preserve all of the nature we love.”

The IMRF APRC is looking at other possible ways in which assistance that could be provided to help improve the safety of fishermen. “It is es�mated that 25,000 ar�sanal fishermen die every year around the world so we have a responsibility to help find solu�ons to this challenge”, says Bruce.

“This exercise has highlighted that with the right approach, the right people and a common goal much can be achieved. We like to think that safe fishermen make great grandparents, so even one life saved makes a huge difference.”

Sri Lankan Lifeboat Ins�tu�onreceives a �mely boostFormer IMRF Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the IMRF's Asia-Pacific Regional Centre (APRC) Michael Vlasto has a�ended the commissioning ceremony for the rescue boat presented to the Sri Lankan Lifeboat Ins�tu�on (SLLI), as featured in the December 2015 Life Line.

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The APRC helped facilitate the provision of the boat with the help of the UK and Ireland's Royal Na�onal Lifeboat Ins�tu�on (RNLI) and the Chinese shipping company, COSCO.

The dona�on from COSCO is evidence of the growing influence and ac�vity in the region by the APRC team who are helping develop mari�me SAR capability and provide be�er support for exis�ng and developing SA R organisa�ons. APRC Chairman Captain Song Jiahui, working with Michael Vlasto, ini�ated the support from COSCO, and they provided the final link in the chain.

The boat – now named Puffin XII – was transported free of charge from Felixstowe to Colombo a�er IMRF discussions with COSCO's group Chairman Mr Ma Zehua. The SLLI has been keen for a number of years to introduce a volunteer service and the introduc�on of Puffin XII is seen as a major step forward.

Speaking to local media about his experiences with the RNLI and as IMRF Chairman, Michael said: “I am delighted to be here for the launch of this dedicated rescue vessel which has been the culmina�on of 15 years hard work by a good number of people, all of whom will be excited to see the boat finally on the water here in Sri Lanka. I hope this acts as a catalyst to the development of a volunteer mari�me SAR response service that can complement and enhance the response capability of the Sri Lankan SAR authori�es.”

The 14.3 metre, 18 knot, self-righ�ng Tyne class lifeboat known to the RNLI as Robert and Violet was sta�oned for many years at Moelfre, Anglesey, in Wales. It was a nice coincidence that Michael had delivered her there in January 1988 in his then capacity of RNLI Divisional Inspector – 28 years to the day before he witnessed her commissioning in Sri Lanka.

SLLI Chairman of Governors Ranjith Gunawardena, who Michael says is “the man with the original vision regarding the forma�on of the SLLI”, voiced his concerns about the state of Sri Lanka's lifesaving facili�es back in 2001. At the �me, Sri Lanka's fishing industry was developing rapidly and their boats were going further offshore, and this meant an increase in the demand for rescue opera�ons.

The SLLI have worked hard to bring the vision to reality. They contacted the RNLI when Michael was s�ll Opera�ons Director, to see if a lifeboat could be made available. This was achieved through generous funding provided by the Master Divers Organisa�on, whose owner Ariyaseela Wickramanayaka is a long serving supporter and

Puffin XII when she was the RNLI's Moelfre Lifeboat; and in her new Sri Lankan home.

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The ini�al ela�on was short-lived because paying for the transporta�on of the boat from the UK to Sri Lanka was too costly. But last year the idea was revived when COSCO agreed to transport the 25 tonne vessel to Colombo free of charge.

Even though the boat is now in place there is s�ll much to be done to create an effec�ve voluntary service. Government-approved charity status is required, and formalising the volunteer response with the mari�me SAR authori�es will be key. Training the crews who will man Puffin XII is now the priority.

“It's a win-win situa�on for the authori�es; the volunteers are there because they want to be and the service provision is being provided at no cost to the Government,” says Michael. “I wish the SLLI well in their endeavours, because in the end there's really nothing be�er than saving somebody's life. That is a good feeling.”

“The APRC will con�nue to work with the SLLI on this,” adds IMRF CEO Bruce Reid. “Ge�ng the boat to Sri Lanka has been a great achievement – and a big thank you to all involved – but now there is a lot of administra�ve and training work to do. We will help SLLI find appropriate training support and with the appropriate registra�ons so that the boat can be recognised by the authori�es as a rescue asset to be deployed. Then she can return to doing what she's always done best: saving lives.”

IAMSAR Manual – new edi�on on sale soonThe Interna�onal Aeronau�cal and Mari�me Search and Rescue Manual does not have a very catchy �tle – which is what you might expect from a work produced by two interna�onal bureaucracies! – but it is the key global guidance to SAR procedures. Indeed, the acronym it is usually known by has a pleasing meaning of its own: this is the IAMSAR Manual, and “I AM SAR” sums it up very neatly.

The Manual comes in three volumes. Volume I, 'Organiza�on and Management', explains how search and rescue services should be established, and is principally addressed to the Government authori�es responsible for doing so. It discusses the global SAR system concept, establishment and improvement of na�onal and regional SAR systems, and coopera�on with neighbouring States to provide effec�ve and economical SAR services.

Volume II, 'Mission Coordina�on', the most detailed of the three, assists personnel who plan and coordinate SAR opera�ons and exercises.

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Volume III, 'Mobile Facili�es', is intended to be carried on board rescue units, aircra� and ships to help with the performance of a search, rescue or on-scene coordinator func�on and with aspects of SAR that pertain to their own emergencies.

This year, for the first �me (and at the IMRF's sugges�on), the quick-reference ac�on cards which are appended to Volume III will also be made available separately. Designed to assist in SAR planning, training, opera�ons and exercises, and contained in a handy waterproof wallet, the cards cover:• a basic communica�ons plan structure• on-scene coordina�on• recovery of people in the water• man overboard (MOB) situa�ons• MEDEVAC by helicopter; and• MEDICO-MEDEVAC medical assistance or evacua�on

The Manual is published by the Interna�onal Mari�me Organiza�on (IMO) and its sister UN agency the Interna�onal Civil Avia�on Organiza�on (ICAO). A new edi�on comes out every three years, keeping the contents up to date and enabling users to be sure they have the most up-to-date edi�on to hand. The Manual is available in three languages: English, French and Spanish, although the ac�on card pack will be available in English only.

The 2016 edi�on of IAMSAR (which includes a number of amendments proposed by the IMRF) will be published this summer. And you can buy your copy when it becomes available at the IMRF's online Bookshop: drop in to www.imr�ookshop.org.

Remember that you can get a 20% discount on any purchase made through the IMRF Bookshop if you are an IMRF Member. Volume III of the IAMSAR Manual, for example, will be priced at £50. As an IMRF Member you can buy it from us for £40. (Make sure you log in before you finalise your purchase in order to receive the discount. If you are unsure whether your organisa�on is an IMRF Member, or you have forgo�en your log-in details, please contact us at .) [email protected]

And don't forget to browse while visi�ng our Bookshop! There are lots of other publica�ons available, from the SAR and SOLAS Conven�ons and IMO Model Courses on SAR administra�on and on-scene coordina�on to the Global Mari�me Distress and Safety System Manual and the Pocket Guides to Cold Water Survival and Recovery Techniques.

Every �me you make a purchase from our Bookshop, you help support the IMRF's work – and, as an IMRF Member, you make a saving yourself. It's a win-win situa�on!

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DrowningAs IMRF Trustee James Vaughan notes, many academics call drowning 'the silent epidemic'. According to the World Health Organiza�on 40 people drown every hour around the world.

Forty people. Every hour.

That is equivalent to 70% of the global death toll from malnutri�on and 60% of the toll from malaria. And the WHO's sta�s�cs do not even include transport, flooding or migrant losses. Yet the problem does not have the recogni�on – or the response – it needs.

9 out of 10 drownings occur in poorer countries, o�en in Africa and Asia and o�en far inland. As James says, to make a real impact on this 'silent epidemic', those of us in mari�me search and rescue need to work with many partner organisa�ons focussing on other aspects of the problem. One example of this is the IMRF's project work in the Aegean with the United Na�ons High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the charity Save the Children. However, says James, “We all need to consider who else we need to work with to tackle drowning effec�vely.”

One great source of informa�on on the causes of drowning and the range of poten�al interven�ons is Drowning: preven�on, rescue, treatment, edited by Joost J L M Bierens.

Drowning is now available in its second edi�on. Since the first edi�on was published in 2005 studies have increased understanding of effec�ve drowning preven�on strategies, rescue techniques, and treatment op�ons. Much has been learned about submersion and immersion hypothermia, SCUBA-diving injuries, lifesaving prepara�ons for water-related disasters and how to deal with forensic inves�ga�ons.

In this updated edi�on experts from around the world provide a complete overview of current research data, consensus statements and expert opinions. The book provides evidence-based and prac�cal informa�on of immense use to groups and individuals with tasks, du�es and responsibili�es in this domain. It is also an inspira�on for future network and research ini�a�ves.

At over 1200 pages long (and weighing 2.3 kg!) this is a large and comprehensive volume – and its retail price and postage costs reflect this. However, the IMRF believe that it should be made as widely available as possible.

We are therefore offering the book for sale through the IMRF online bookshop – – for £90, www.imr�ookshop.org which is a saving of up to 50% on the usual retail price. And, as part of this special offer, our price is inclusive of packing and postage to anywhere in the world.

What's more, if you are an IMRF Member, you can claim as a Member benefit an addi�onal 20% discount, bringing the price down to £72, inclusive of p&p.

These are huge discounts, and we can only maintain them

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while our limited current stock lasts. So please hurry to buy your copy of this world-leading guidance! Visit www.imr�ookshop.org today.

Finnish Lifeboat Ins�tu�on goes to seaJori Nordström, Opera�ons Manager of the Finnish Lifeboat Ins�tu�on, writes:

The Finnish Lifeboat Ins�tu�on's 51st annual conference in early March gathered over 320 volunteers from across the country to discuss topical issues ranging from mixed migrant problems in the Mediterranean to membership services development. As usual the conference was held aboard the ferry Silja Serenade, sailing from Helsinki to Stockholm and back again.

Over the years, the nature of this event has evolved from formal mee�ngs to a more informal and joyful assembly, incorpora�ng more and more people with the same lifesaving passion. In its current form the conference is the Ins�tu�on's main annual event, bringing together volunteers, sea rescuers and other stakeholders from across the country.

This year's themes included interna�onal coopera�on in rescuing refugees in the Mediterranean Sea, upda�ng the volunteer crew members' training schemes, and the development of the Ins�tu�on's Trossi-membership services, including the use of new mobile applica�ons such as SafeTrx.

IMRF Trustee Ma�hew Fader has spent several months in the Mediterranean, aboard Swedish Sea Rescue Society rescue vessels and as part of the Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Fron�ères (MSF)'s medical team on the search and rescue vessel Bourbon Argos. Ma�hew's presenta�on about his experiences off the coasts of Greece and Africa silenced the audience. Although the news media is constantly reminding us of the situa�on, a SAR colleague's eyewitness tes�mony of this catastrophe brings it home to us in a completely different way.

APRIL 2016Following the voluntary rescuers' perspec�ve, Lieutenant Jari Rantala from the Finnish Border Guard explained the Finnish par�cipa�on in the European border security opera�ons in the Mediterranean. The Border Guard has been involved in opera�ons in the area for 3 to 7 months a year since 2007. The main task is to improve the level of border security in the fight against illegal immigra�on between Turkey and Greek by sea. In addi�on to the fight against illegal entry, SAR missions are an almost daily occurrence.

A�er the speeches the conference programme was divided into five interac�ve workshops. These included the above-men�oned crew training system, Trossi- and other membership services, and perennially topical issues, such as the rescue vessels. There was also expert advice available on how to face the news media.

The conference also saw the award of the highest recogni�ons of the Finnish Lifeboat Ins�tu�on. The �tle of 'Rescue Crew of the Year, 2015' was granted to a boat crew from Tampere (pictured), for their ac�ve involvement in nine different rescue missions during one single day – 4 June 2015.

The prizewinning crew: Aki Lah�nen (coxswain),

Jasmo Hiltula, Saara Vento, Petri Kinnunen

and Aki Leskinen

We need a rescueboat…

That's fine, but who are you going to rescue and what type of rescue will it be?

The IMRF is regularly approached by organisa�ons who are se�ng up to rescue people in distress at sea. This normally happens a�er a local tragedy: people get together and say “never again”. But too o�en the star�ng point for these discussions is “We need a rescue boat. Do you know anyone with a boat to sell or donate?”

We encourage these budding organisa�ons to take a step back and consider:

· what problem is it that they are looking to solve· what types of rescue do they intend to undertake· what condi�ons do they intend to go out in· are there local hazards that may influence the type of equipment and training they will require· do they understand the na�onal SAR structure they will be working in· are they sure their intended ac�vity is not duplica�ng a current service – saving lives is not a compe��on!

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APRIL 2016To help developing organisa�ons focus their minds and effort the IMRF has developed the Rescue Boat Guidelines (RBG), launched in the middle of last year.

T h e R B G n o w h a s a d e d i c a t e d w e b - s i t e www.imrfrbg.org.uk which provides informa�on and guidance on how to go about establishing a rescue service opera�ng rescue vessels of less than 24 metres length. (The IMO Load Line Conven�on applies to vessels over 24 metres).

Most importantly, once you have a good idea of what you intend to do, RBG opens the door on the experience and knowledge of our member organisa�ons bundled together in an on-line tool which will help you document and implement an interna�onally recognised, simple, jus�fiable and scalable framework for safe and effec�ve mari�me SAR opera�ons.

And best of all it's free. So what have you got to lose? Head to the website and get started.

It's not just for start-ups either. For exis�ng rescue organisa�ons the on-line RBG tool is a great way of audi�ng your current systems and iden�fying any “gaps”. Give it a try.

Interna�onal rescue effort con�nues in the AegeanAs the world awaits the outcome of the agreement between the European Union and Turkey aimed at stemming the flow of migrants and refugees across the Aegean, the IMRF remains commi�ed to assis�ng the SAR authori�es in the area and to developing the mari�me SAR capability of the Greek volunteer service, the Hellenic Rescue Team. We also con�nue to support rescue efforts in the Central Mediterranean – and elsewhere in the world.

According to the Interna�onal Organiza�on for Migra�on, just under 170,000 'mixed migrants' a�empted to cross the Mediterranean in the first three months of this year, nearly 19,000 on the 'central' routes from North Africa and more than 150,000 in the Aegean. The total is eight �mes that in the same period last year. 620 people are believed to have died in this �me: a 23% increase. That's 620 too many, of course; but at least the propor�on of lives lost to those at risk has decreased. The IMRF-coordinated response is having a posi�ve effect.

“We commi�ed to help un�l the mari�me rescue services can cope with the demand for rescue on their waters,” says Bruce Reid, IMRF's CEO. “And our ini�a�ve, coordina�ng the response of several of our European members, is gaining momentum.”

The German Mari�me SAR service (DGzRS) and the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Ins�tu�on (KNRM) have joined other IMRF members opera�ng in the area – see earlier edi�ons of LIFE LINE in the newsle�er archive on the IMRF website for some of the others' stories, and watch the website itself, , for www.interna�onal-mari�me-rescue.orgupdates.

DGzRS rescued 600 people in their first week, using the lifeboat Minden under the coordina�on of the Hellenic Coast Guard. In their very first opera�on near Lesbos they rescued 57 people, including 20 children: mainly Syrian refugees, who were in an overcrowded rubber dinghy unfit for the open sea. According to Captain Udo Helge Fox, Chairman of the IMRF and also execu�ve director of the DGzRS, who took part in the rescue opera�on, the majority of those in distress were women, small children and infants. The youngest was about two months old, the oldest woman over 70.

Since then the Minden's crew have rescued 165 people on one mission; including six babies aged less than three months. “Many of them are completely soaked. Again and again we have to provide medical assistance for the refugees, some of whom suffer from circulatory collapse, hypoglycaemia or seasickness,” reported Ulrich Fader, captain of the Minden, which has been reinforced by lifesavers from the German Life-Saving Service (DLRG). This ini�a�ve is based on the posi�ve experience of the Swedish lifesavers currently in ac�on on the island of Samos. Volunteer crew members from the Hellenic Rescue Team (HRT) also take part in every rescue mission. At the same �me extensive training sessions with HRT crew members have begun.

On Chios, KNRM have provided equipment including two Atlan�c class lifeboats, and have started a training programme, as well as se�ng up a new lifeboat sta�on for the HRT, being built by volunteers. They are very sa�sfied with the results so far. From the beginning HRT and KNRM crew have worked well together.

“The mission is up-and-running,” says the KNRM's Kees Brinkman. “We have a good berth for the lifeboats, an equipment container in fresh blue paint and the HRT logo, and the first training sessions with the new crewmembers have been completed. On 21 March the lifeboat sta�on moved to the south of the Chios Harbour, due to an expected gale and a heavy swell on the lee shore, but that didn't stop the crew from con�nuing their training.”

The HRT Chios Lifeboat Sta�on has been reorganised, using the KNRM-blueprint to organise the work process. It takes some �me to introduce the working process to the HRT crew members, but the KNRM too are adjus�ng to the Greek way of life. “At the moment the volunteers are s�ll training,” says Kees, “But they will be ready soon to par�cipate in SAR missions.”

Members assis�ng members: it works!

The IMRF members opera�ng in the region have launched fundraising ini�a�ves to support their efforts, independent

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of fundraising for their work back home – which is unaffected by this special lifesaving effort. But they need further dona�ons to cover all their costs and to enable them to stay on scene un�l the job is done. If you would like t o h e l p , v i s i t w w w. i n t e r n a � o n a l - m a r i � m e -rescue.org/homemigrant, where you can donate to the IMRF's project in general, or to the individual members via links.

“The work of the IMRF members is making a real difference in the Aegean. We are training up volunteers on basic seamanship and using our Rescue Boat Guidelines as the template for prac�cal ac�on,” says Bruce Reid. “As well as helping to save lives in the area now, we are impar�ng knowledge and experience, and providing equipment, which will be invaluable for the Hellenic rescue services in the future.”

And finally...We hope that you have found this issue of LIFE LINE informa�ve and interes�ng. If you would like to contribute ar�cles and pictures about your news, projects, events, ideas or lessons learned, please contact [email protected].

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MOAS in South East Asia

In early March IMRF member MOAS (Migrant Offshore Aid Sta�on) began a new mission in the Andaman Sea.

“The task of the MY Phoenix is to observe and analyse irregular movements at sea with the goal of suppor�ng local stakeholders in providing an enhanced life-saving response. Our aim is to generate a be�er understanding of the movements of refugees and migrants in this region and be ready to assist in cases where there is an imminent threat to loss of life,” says MOAS founder Christopher Catrambone.

Since late 2014, MOAS, which is based in Malta, has used the Phoenix to locate and rescue almost 13,000 people from the Mediterranean Sea. MOAS now operates the 50-metre Emergency Recovery and Response Vessel (ERRV) Responder in the Aegean. Responder, equipped with two fast rescue boats, has been instrumental in rescuing hundreds of refugees in hos�le winter condi�ons since December 2015.

Transferred to the Indian Ocean, Phoenix and her two drones will make large and methodical sweeps of the sea to iden�fy vessels and locate large groups of people above or below decks, day or night. Informa�on collected by the drones is transmi�ed to technicians aboard Phoenix, MOAS' mapping experts in Malta, and then to local stakeholders. If a vessel is in peril, the ship's SAR crew will respond in a fast rescue boat.

Member Focus – ADES VenezuelaAsociación Voluntaria de Salvamento Acuá�co de Venezuela, or ADES-VE – founded in 2012 – has joined the interna�onal IMRF family with the aim of sharing experience and exper�se (see 'To belong' in the February

issue of LIFE LINE).

Venezuela has more than 500,000 square kilometres of water and over 3,000 kilometres of shoreline. ADES-VE is an NGO composed of expert volunteers who wish to provide planning and response support to the government authori�es whose mission it is to safeguard people, animals and goods in all the country's waters.

Safety and emergency response on these waters and waterways are the responsibility of the Na�onal Ins�tute of Aqua�c Spaces (INEA), Coast Guard Navy and Coast Guard Na�onal Guard, while other jurisdic�ons such as the Ministry of Environment also have relevant roles. ADES-VE provides opera�onal support and programmes to disseminate environmental and ecological educa�on and accident preven�on and mari�me safety informa�on. They also cooperate in SAR planning and missions.

ADES-VE maintain coastal radio sta�ons, using their own resources and manned 24 hours. They monitor distress and calling frequencies for requests for help, and address them expedi�ously and efficiently un�l the situa�on is sa�sfactorily resolved. Currently two sta�ons are registered with the authori�es: ADES-VE Las Piedras on the Paraguana Peninsula in Falcon State, and ADES-VE Pampatar on Margarita Island in Nueva Esparta State.

The organisa�on seeks to recruit their volunteers among college students and young professionals who contribute with their knowledge in different areas of nau�cal science and serve as informa�on providers to the communi�es in each region where ADES-VE operates.

The aim is to be Venezuela's most effec�ve voluntary organisa�on dedicated to the preserva�on of life at sea and protec�on of the aqua�c environment. Specific objec�ves include building up a volunteer organiza�on trained in mari�me SAR and environmental protec�on and to provide an immediate response capability to meet any con�ngency planning or search and rescue requirement in support of the competent agencies, including in other countries or on the high seas. ADES-VE also aspires to opera�ng specifically designed and equipped rescue boats of their own.

The IMRF welcomes ADES-VE to the family, and looks forward to suppor�ng the organisa�on's development as best we can.

Ready to rescue – with lifejackets donated via the IMRF!

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