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Rescuerunner - Saves Lives at Sea

To save someone in the water, you need a rescue craft that is quick to launch and maneuvers safely in all weathers and waters. The RescueRunner is the perfect choice for professional SAR operators as it is designed, developed and built for you who need a compact, strong and versatile boat for rescue missions, surveillance, environmental protection or transporting of equipment.

It’s a close range rescue craft, which was originally developed by the Swedish Sea Rescue Society for one purpose only – to save lives at sea and be the boat that could go into waters and areas their other vessels could not reach. Shallow, narrow and rocky waters.

Due to its small size, it is very easy for a single operator to operate and it can be launched by one person in a matter of minutes. The RescueRunner is used in more than 30 countries for missions like:

Search and Rescue
Life Guarding/ Life Saving
Towing Vessels
Environmental Protection / Pulling Oilbooms
Fire Rescue
Medical First Responder
Safety Boat in Ports and Airports

Download our RescueRunner Leaflet 2019

Top Features

With just a one man crew get persons – conscious or unconscious – out of the water with extreme ease and speed.

Extremely rugged with drive train in an enforced fiber-glass cartridge and a “plug & play” protective Polyethylene hull.

Transfer crew, victims and cargo – by safe, quick and stable boarding onto other boats

Testimonials

In heavy seas and narrow passages, the stability and manoeuvrability of the RescueRunner make it superior in terms of safety.

Anders Bagge, First cox, Rescue vessel

The RescueRunner is a purpose-built product developed for professional users. A RescueRunner will last most likely three times longer than the more leisure-oriented competitor products. This is a professional product.

Knut Hveding, Redningsselskapet Norway

RescueRunners are exceptional rescue assets, capable for fast recovering of person or people in distress at sea. Additionally, they can reach areas where rescue boats can’t. From our perspective, RescueRunners can be a perfect rescue equipment for any organization which provides rescue work at sea and we would surely recommend them.

Giorgos Kalogeropoulos, President Hellenic Rescue Team

Features

Built in aft platform
1,5 m2

Hatch
for quick and safe access to clean the waterjet

"Plug & Play" hull
in polyethylene

Built-in soft fenders
around the hull

Six watertight bulkheads/sections

Towing eye

Lifting eyes
for helicopter/crane

Yamaha “Ride”system" with double controls
and Water Jet Trim

Bilge Pump Redundancy Systems

Saddle Storage box

Waterproof Pocket Checklists
translated to the language of your choice

Three step customized training course
for your organization’s need

Technical Data

LOA: 3.6 m / Beam: 1.5 m / Draught: 0.3 m Dry weight: ≈ 385 kg; Load capacity: ≈ 365 kg Top speed: ≈ 38 knots; Fuel capacity: ≈ 70 l / Range: ≈ 90 NM Cartridge: Enforced fiber-glass (15 layers) Hull: Rotomolded HDPE

CE approval (Recreational Craft and Personal Water Craft Directive 2013/53/EU)

Yamaha Engine Specifications

Engine: Three cylinder, 4 stroke, 1049cc Yamaha Marine Engine
Fuel: Regular unleaded
Water Jet: Yamaha

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Customizations

Your needs can be met through a wide range of options and customization possibilities, where everything from individual colour settings to launch and recovery systems for a wide range of carrying vessels are available. We work closely with customers to make sure your RescueRunner is equipped as per your needs.

Additional equipment

Auxiliary Electrical System
for powering extra options

Navigational systems

Mast
with different light options

Compass + background light

Search light

Navigational lights

Flashing lights

Work light

Extra Safety Handles
for passenger/rescue swimmer

Ventilated Cover

Front rack

Cargo systems

Certified lifting sling

Spare Hulls

Service Agreements

Customer References

SSRS

Swedish Sea Rescue Society (SSRS) was founded in 1907. Today more than 2.000 volunteers are ready to man 69 rescue stations and over 200 rescue boats all over Sweden. Within 15 minutes after an alarm rescue will be on its way. SSRS has today about 50 RescueRunners in its fleet.

Go to SSRS website

Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue

Redningsselskapet (RS), the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue, is a nationwide humanitarian association whose purpose is to save lives, salvage assets and protect the coastal environment of Norwegian waters, as well as undertaking outreach and accident prevention initiatives to improve the safety of those at sea in Norway and abroad. RS uses RescueRunners as deck boats on larger rescue ships.

Go to Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue website

Norwegian Red Cross

The Norwegian Red Cross has several branches for water rescue and drowning prevention. Red Cross Mandal uses RescueRunner for river and flooding rescue. In total Norwegian Red Cross branches have six RescueRunners.

Go to Norwegian Red Cross website

Italian Coast Guard

The Italian Coast Guard is one of the largest coast guard organizations in Europe. They have recently acquired their first RescueRunner for evaluation purposes. The ambition is to have RescueRunners strategically positioned on each of their stations around the Italian coast, as well as onboard their Search-and- Rescue (SAR) ships.
The RescueRunner will be used in SAR operations and patrolling.

Go to Italian Coast Guard website

Stena Line

Stena Line transports approximately 7 million passengers, 1,5 million cars and 2 million freight units yearly. Stena Jutlandica carries a RescueRunner system. Stena Line is also part of the FiRST project(First Independent Responder Safe Transfer).

Go to Stena Line website

TESO

TESO is a Dutch ferry company sailing between Texel and Den Helder. As Man Over Board boat onboard Texelstroom, the latest addition to TESOs fleet there is a RescueRunner. The RescueRunner is launched with the help of a RescueRunner Cradle.

Go to TESO website

Danish Sea Rescue Society

DSRS was founded as late as 2004 and is a voluntary rescue orginization. DSRS has the prototype of RescueRunner, called the Dolphin, donated to them by SSRS.

Go to Danish Sea Rescue Society website

Alandia Sea Rescue Society

Alandia Sea Rescue Society has six stations around Alandia manned with volunteer sea rescuers. Within 15-20 minutes of an alarm they have left their rescue station and are on the way to assist. Alandia Sea Rescue Society has two RescueRunners in their operation.

Go to Alandia Sea Rescue Society website

CICPA

The Critical Infrastructure and Coastal Protection ‎Authority (CICPA) is responsible for providing security and safety for ‎all critical infrastructure and establishments spread across Abu Dhabi. CICPA has eight RescueRunners for SAR operations.

Go to CICPA website

Swedish Fire and Rescue Services

Several Swedish Fire and Rescue Services uses the RescueRunner for water rescue purposes as well as for towing oil booms for enviroment protection. They also use RescueRunner search of missing people and diving operations. Swedish Fire and Rescue Services have seven RescueRunners.

Hong Kong Fire Service Department

Hong Kong Fire and Rescue Department purchased two RescueRunners for rescue purposes and for recovery of divers in 2015. In 2017 they ordered three more RescueRunners,

Go to Hong Kong Fire Service Department website

SDIS Orléans

French Rescue Services based in Orléans has four RescueRunners for rescue in rivers and flooded areas.

Go to SDIS Orléans website

NSRI

The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is run by over 1 000 highly skilled, volunteers who are on standby day and night throughout the year. They have 31 bases around the coast; 4 are on inland dams, a fleet of 96 rescue craft, 38 rescue vehicles, 16 quad bikes and 11 tractors. NSRI also have access to a range of helicopters. NSRI enjoy a good working relationship with other emergency services and they believe that it is through team effort that lives are saved.

They were early adopters of RescueRunner and started already in 2006. Today NSRI have 15 RescueRunners used mainly for beach and surf rescue missions.

Go to NSRI website

Bjorgunarsveitin Geisli ICE-SAR

The rescue team Geisli is a small rescue team on the east coast of Iceland. They are part of the very large organisation called ICE-SAR which has rescue teams all around Iceland. They have chosen to use RescueRunner to be able to extend the usage of their 11 meter Leiftur 1100 vessel from Rafnar Shipyard as the RescueRunner reaches beaches and shallow areas they could not access before.

Go to Bjorgunarsveitin Geisli ICE-SAR website

RescueRunner News

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Correction: Two RescueRunners systems ordered by Icelandic Rescue Service

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Two RescueRunners systems ordered by Icelandic Rescue Service

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One RescueRunner system ordered by Icelandic Rescue Services

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