The Marine Radio Safety Service (MRSS) is a marine safety support network for boat owners operating on and around the waterways near the NSW Coast. Marine Rescue Brisbane Water operates from its marine radio base at Point Clare, and there are Marine Rescue NSW radio bases all along the NSW coastline.

Membership of the MRSS is available from our unit to all boat owners for an initial annual cost of just $45.00 then $35.00 each year. These funds are used by our unit to maintain our Search and Rescue services for the recreational boating community.

We also provide boat education and training, plus related subjects such as Seamanship, Basic and Coastal Navigation, Meteorology for Seaman, and Marine Radio.

Cost of these marine courses is reduced to financial members of MRSS. For your own safety, if you have a boat, with a marine radio transceiver installed, you should be a member of the Marine Radio Safety Service.

When you join you will be allocated your own radio ‘call sign’. When you go out on the water for an outing, use your radio call sign to ‘log on’ with Marine Rescue. All your boat details are pre-registered, so you simply advise the duty radio operator how many people you have onboard, where you are going and when you expect to return. These details are recorded and remain ‘active,’ until you return and ‘log off’.  Or use the App – same benefits apply!

To obtain further information, contact the Base at Point Clare (4337 9600) or download, print and complete the MRSS membership application form from: https://vmrcc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/A4MRSS-Rego-2016.pdf

Forward it with your cheque for $45.00. Send the cheque and completed form to Marine Rescue Brisbane Water at the address shown below.

Marine Rescue Brisbane Water

P O Box 6058,

West Gosford NSW 2250

Or email the form to radioclub.centralcoast@marinerescuensw.com.au

Renewals occur annually each January.