International Maritime Rescue Federation singapore MRO
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Overview of the work and activities the IMRF are involved with to prevent the loss of life in the world's waters. Provided as part of the Mass Rescue Operations Workshop in Singapore August 2015
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- 1. Presenter: Bruce Reid The international charity preventing loss of life in the world’s waters
- 2. 360,000-1.1m lives lost on the water each year Without the intervention of our members this number would be much more
- 3. The IMRF is the international voice of maritime SAR Over 90 years supporting global maritime SAR. Established 1924 IMO NGO consultative status Leading international projects and initiatives
- 4. Our history 90 years supporting the maritime SAR community 1924-International Lifeboat Federation founded 1975-The IMRF awarded consultative status at the IMO 1999-Awarded the IMO International Maritime Prize 2006-Name changed to the International Maritime Rescue Federation
- 5. Our members 112 Organisations from 52 Countries, working together to improve global SAR Government, non-government. On the water, in the air on the ground.
- 6. The IMRFTrustees 8Trustees bringing a wealth of SAR knowledge and experience
- 7. Our purpose-The IMRF brings the maritime SAR community together to share knowledge, ideas and experience Regional meetings, MRO workshops,Trustee meetings, Conferences and Congress Regional Meetings Mass Rescue Workshops Europe Bangladesh South America Uruguay North & West Africa Malta West Africa Hong Kong Asia-Pacific Portsmouth Trustee Meetings International Conferences and Congress Gran Canaria Maritime Mass Rescue Conference Uruguay World Maritime Rescue Congress Malta New Zealand Canada Bremerhaven
- 8. WORLD MARITIME RESCUE CONGRESS IN BREMERHAVEN 275 Delegates 223 Lifeboat Crew 70 Speakers Over 50 rescue boats on parade InternationalTrade exhibition
- 9. Project-Global SAR development-Africa Promoting SAR cooperation and collaboration through regional agreements, training and combined SAR exercises
- 10. Global SAR development- expanding influence Asia-Pacific Regional Centre (APRC) open and registered in Shanghai
- 11. Projects- Mass Rescue Operations Providing an international focus on MRO and improving the capability to respond and manage MRO incidents “Its not if but when”
- 12. Project-Lifeboat Crew Exchange Sharing ideas, experience and knowledge. 9 countries 54 volunteers
- 13. Project-Rescue Boat Guidelines Providing international guidelines for the design, safe management and operation of maritime SRU’s under 24m
- 14. Project-recycling SAR equipment to help developing Countries 250 donated lifejackets, 11 organisations in 11 countries to receive Proudly supported by Airbus Helicopter Foundation- delivering for SAR
- 15. Project-Safety on Water Education Awareness Members assisting members by sharing safety and education initiatives
- 16. Global overview SAR organisations face increasing expectations Developed countries are generally well prepared for ‘routine’ rescues... ...but may be less so for abnormal or large-scale incidents Increasing expectations, and a ‘blame culture’? SAR services are generally free of charge to the casualty Need for rescue training increasing, but less time available Developing countries, with other priorities, may have no SAR services at all
- 17. Global overview There is less money available for SAR Technology can provide good solutions, but costs Today, there is less money available for SAR Funders are looking for Return On Investment High dependence on volunteers and/or ‘vessels of opportunity’ The need for strong partnerships between Governmental and non-governmental organisations has never been more important
- 18. Maritime SAR-IMRF’s role Cooperation is the key, locally, nationally and internationally To promote cooperation between existing maritime SAR services To assist groups to establish new SAR services To facilitate the sharing of information and expertise To represent maritime SAR services on the world stage “There is no competition in maritime rescue, except with the element. Cooperation is the key, locally, nationally and internationally”
- 19. Asia-Pacific SAR representatives, we thank you for the great serve you provide to seafarers in the region The work you are doing will help us to deliver on our common humanitarian goal of Preventing loss of life in the worlds waters
Editor's Notes
- Over 1000 lives lost on commercial vessels World Health Organisation estimates 360,000 drownings per year International Life Saving put the number at 1.1m…there is no accurate figure we just know, it is too many and many of the lives could have been saved with better maritime SAR servies available. We also know that many more lives would have been lost if not for the great work done by SAR organisations across the globe. IMRF mission: Preventing loss of life in the world’s waters
- Government and non-government Coordination response management and suppliers
- Our Trustees are from across the world, Uruguay, Germany, United Kingdom, Norway, Morocco, Sweden, China New Zealand
- Regional Meetings and Workshops South American-Uruguay November 2012 Mediterranean -Malta April 2013 North and West Africa-Rabat Morocco June 2013 Pacific-Suva Fiji June 2013 Indian Ocean-Colombo Sri Lanka 2013 Bangladesh-Dakar Bangladesh August 2013 Asia Pacific– Hong Kong September 2013 N&W Africa and South Europe -Gran Canaria October 2013 European- Tallinn Estonia- November 2013 West Africa and N&W Africa- Tangier May 2014 Gothenburg MRO conference June 2014
- Every 4 years maritime SAR comes together for the World Maritime Rescue Congress. This year hosted by members the DGzRS it was the turn of Bremerhaven to act as the venue for this world class event. 3 days of workshops with 70 international speakers, 275 delegates, 223 lifeboat crew, 50 exhibitors and some 25,000 people through the exhibition made this one of the if not the biggest maritime SAR event of the year. The goal is to bring the maritime SAR world together and that goal was achieved.
- Investing the limited resources of the IMRF in areas where the most impact can be achieved has lead to the partnership work with the IMO in Africa. As a neutral in a highly political environment the IMRF has helped bring together bordering countries to work together and improve the individual and regional maritime SAR coordination and response capability.Regional agreements have been agreed and implemented, regional RC’s appointed and most importantly common training on SAR management, administration and coordination is being delivered. Cooperation, collaboration and communication both operationally and strategically has improved.
- 2 Full time staff One of the first non Chinese registered charities Coordinating Maritime SAR training Regional development meetings Crew and Trainer exchange China Norway October 2014 Partnering with IMO to expand support in Asia Pacific Asia Pacific Mass rescue Operation project with workshops in Singapore, Philippines and China. Study into ferry accidents identified a high proportion occurring in the AP region with Indonesia, Philippines and Bangladesh in the top 4 for accidents and fatalities.
- MRO as mentioned before is a challenge for both developed and developing countries. For 7 years the IMRF has lead the charge on raising the profile of the issue and encouraging states and SAR organisations to be prepared, have plans and have at least considered how to respond but more importantly have a plan for response. Mass Rescue Operations are charactorised by the need for immediate response to large numbers of persons in distress such that the capabilities normally available to the search and rescue authorities are inadequate. The challenge is that any major incident will test responders apabilities. Maritime MRO are particularly challenging. They are low probability/ high consequences events. Because of the scale the unpredictability of such incidents effective preparedness and response strategies are essential. The high profile events such has the Sewol and Costa Concordia tend to shade other incidents around the world. A recent ferry accident report completed by the IMRF identified over 17,000 fatalities in ferry accidents over the past 10 years, most of these in developing countries, most of these MRO and very few of them reported in mainstream media. The IMRF provides workshops on MRO, has run 3 international conferences on the topic, we have developed an open source on-line library of resources on the topic and continue to use our consultative status at the IMO to help improve safety and response to these events.
- . Exchange practical experience and best practices between European Maritime Emergency Search and Rescue (MESR) organisations to support improvements in quality of VET practices; 2. Facilitate participants in personal development, acquiring skills and employablity within European rescue activities; 3. Develop and maintain a transnational communication platform for cooperation between MESR organisations, exchanging results, evaluations and experiences; 4. Improve the knowledge of the Maritime English terminology for Lifeboat Crew members (as English is the world-wide and European working language in maritime organisations).
- 5 years of development Over 5,000 lines of guidance Available via the IMRF web-site
- Donated lifejackets distributed to developing SAR organisations. Just a small gesture that made a big impact. Currently looking for equipment to assist SAR groups in the Med dealing with the migrant challenge
- IMRF members are increasingly looking at ways of educating people heading out on the water so they are less likely to find themselves in distress. There are great initiatives and programmes being run and we see our role as making other organisations aware of these initiatives and encouraging the sharing of the successful and not so successful activities. Some would say that saving lives at sea starts on land. We have dedicated a web-site to this project and encourage our members to provide content they are able to share. This is a new initiative and still needs work but is starting to link organisations and share good ideas.
- Developed countries SAR structures are well established and tend to work well…one of the biggest challenges they face are abnormal, think MH370 and large scale incidents. There is an increase expectation from the public and greater visibility with social media and instant news. SAR services struggle to keep ahead of the public knowledge of incidents or in some cases the misinformation the public receive through social media. Because of this transperancy SAR services risk being exposed and judged during the event sometimes with tragic consequences. An example was the public pressure and then political pressure put on the Sewol rescuers to put divers into and unstable submerged vessel in low visibility with strong currents. One diver lost his life and 2 received serious injuries. There is an increasing “need” in society to have someone to blame which again puts pressure on the rescue services if for some reason the rescue is not successful, the SEWOL again is an example of the Coastguard being dispbanded because of the accident. Or US Coastguard being pressured into restarting the search for the missing yachtsmen on the Cheeki Rafiki , the headline reading “U.S. coastguards cave in and resume the hunt after huge petition”…. All of this means there needs to be greater investment in training, planning and exercises to ensure all are ready to respond and to reduce the risk of being “blamed” for a lack of preparation…This at a time when budgets are being reduced and funding is getting tighter.; Developing countries and organisations face the same challenges but have the added disadvantage of other crisises taking higher priority with the decision makers. There has never been a more important time For the IMRF to find ways of supporting the sector
- As touched on in the previous slide, things are tougher there is a greater accountability for funds received and at times the “intangible value” of much of what is maritime SAR is lost on the purse holders, until of course there is a disaster, but even then the memories are short and at times the crisis will be replaced by something even bigger, such is the power of the media. Technology continues to charge forward which is a positive thing…but which device or system to choose and the risk of “something better” arriving tomorrow makes decision making and investment a challenge. WE are seeing a scaling back in many countries of the forces and the government resources available for SAR which in turn is increasing the demand on the volunteer service. There remains in many countries a degree of animosity between the paid and the unpaid professionals made stronger when some governmental servies are being scaled back. This however is where strong partnerships are needed and good leadership at the top level of the government and non-government organisations to maximise the combined capabilities to ensure lives get saved.