National company of rescue at sea

The National company of rescue at sea ( SNSM ) is a association French born in 1967 of the fusion of the Central Company of Rescue of the Shipwrecked men (created in 1865) and Hospital Breton Rescuers (1873). Its mission first is the rescue of the people in danger in Mer. This one is always free, whatever the concerned means. On the other hand, the assistance with the goods gives place to a share in the expenses committed.

It is the expression of the spirit of mutual aid of the sailors and takes part in the rescues at sea like with the monitoring of the beaches.

Its financing is ensured for half by public allocations (State, area, department and local government agencies) and is supplemented by private gifts (members of association, gifts, partnerships).

Organization

The SNSM has two types of activity:
  • assistance with the ships in distress (permanent rescuers): 3  500 voluntary is ready to intervene all the year at any hour distributed in 232 metropolitan littoral stations and overseas; they are in general professional sailors (primarily marine commercial and fishing), often with the retirement or in anticipated retirement but also of marine to the pleasure (yachtmen); the operations are started by the Cross.
  • training of swimming instructors rescuers. The SNSM has thirty training centres for the swimmer-rescuers, the SNSM carries out each summer of the preventive actions by sensitizing the holiday makers with the dangers of the water sports.

NB: the monitoring of beaches the summer (swimming instructors rescuers) is managed by the municipalities. It is about 1  200 remunerated coastal rescuers, who ensure the monitoring of the beaches and the littoral band of the 300 m; they are titular BNSSA and carried out all of the specific training courses.

To promote its action near the public and to enable him to call upon the gift in confidence, association adheres to the Comité of the Charter.

Nautical means

  • the Boats All Times :

Boats from 15 to 18 meters, insubmersible and autoredressables, armed by a crew of 8 sauveteurs.
Les CTT are recognizable with their green hull (color inherited the SCSN) and with their registration SNS 0nn . As their name indicates it, they are able to face the hardest conditions of sea and intervene in the coastal strip of the 20 miles.
  • the High-speed motorboats of 1st Class :
Boats from 12 to 15 meters, insubmersible (échouables and autoredressables for the " V1 NG) ".
Crew: 6 rescuers. Zone of intervention: bandage of 20 milles.
Coque blue (historical color of the HSB), registration SNS 1nn .
  • the High-speed motorboats of 2nd Class :
Boats from 9 to 12 meters, insubmersible, propulsion by hydrojets or hélices.
Crew: 4 rescuers. Zone of intervention: coastal and semi-côtier.
Blue hull, registration SNS 2nn .
  • the High-speed motorboats of 3rd Class :
Boats of less than 9 meters, often adapted boats " of série" .
Crew: 3 rescuers. Zone of intervention: côtier.
Blue hull, registration SNS 3nn .
  • the Light High-speed motorboats :
Various boats " rigides" of rescue adapted to the particular constraints of their zone of intervention.
Crew 3 rescuers for rescue côtier.
Blue hull, registration SNS 4nn .
  • the Inflatable dinghies :
Average secondaries of the permanent stations or boats of the rescuers saisonniers.
Crew: from 2 to 4 personnel for the coastal rescue.

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