SAR Times Weekly (20 Aug 2026)
Colombia Earthquake Response Turns to Recovery; Kenya Helicopter Crash Kills 7; Coast Guard Saves 2 Stranded Kayakers
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The People Under the Coordination Charts: Inside the International Rescue Effort in Venezuela
How 44 international USAR teams, an INSARAG coordination system built over three decades, and thousands of individual rescuers turned a collapsed Caracas shopping mall into a case study in disciplined, borderless trust.
Seventy-Two Hours in Pereira: Colombia's Earthquake and the Science of the Golden Window
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake in western Colombia has become a live case study in the hardest question urban search and rescue ever has to answer: when do you stop searching?
SAR Times Weekly (13 Aug 2026)
Colombia Earthquake Kills More Than 180 as USAR Teams Race the Clock; Liberty Island Boat Captain Charged After Fatal Capsizing; Coast Guard Uses AMVER Network to Pull 22 Crew From Burning Vehicle Carrier
The Debt of the Kursk: How 118 Deaths Built the World's Submarine Rescue System
A note in a dead man's pocket and days of refused help built the fraternity that now practices saving submariners of any flag, including, once, Russia's own.
When Border Enforcement Becomes Search and Rescue
The Master's authority has always carried with it a corresponding responsibility to preserve life wherever reasonably possible. That responsibility does not begin when the first survivor reaches the accommodation ladder. It begins the moment we recognise distress.
SAR Times Weekly (06 Aug 2026)
Indonesian Ferry Fire Leaves Passenger Count Uncertain After 231 Rescued; UK Reverses Course on Coastguard Rescue Service Employment Model; Coast Guard Turns 236
AMVER at 68: The Merchant Ships That Extend Global SAR Reach
For 68 years, the Coast Guard’s Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System has helped rescue coordinators find the one asset that actually saves lives in deep ocean: the ship that happens to be nearby.
Monthly Regulatory Meetings for August 2026
The IMO PROG-134 programme, EPIRBS, and MEOSAR get some spotlight time
The Coast Guard at 236 & Why the Service Still Matters as America's Front-Line SAR Agency
At 236, the service's claim on the SAR mission is operational, not ceremonial. Happy Birthday to the U.S. Coast Guard!