Topic: Search and rescue

Maritime search and rescue efforts for two Cayman Brac men remain suspended due to deteriorating weather conditions.

A sunken canoe with no one on board sparked a tri-service emergency response early on Friday morning.

The police helicopter and a Coast Guard vessel were called into action to help rescue a woman who was carried four miles from shore on her paddleboard on Monday afternoon.

As I approach the 20th anniversary next month of my father’s disappearance while diving in Grand Cayman, the day is still so vivid for...

After two full days of a massive search and rescue operation to find two missing Cuban refugees, the Cayman Islands Coast Guard has switched to search and recovery citing the slim chances of survival.

A second day of search and rescue efforts has resumed for two missing Cuban refugees whose vessel capsized off the coast of Cayman Brac.

Police on sea and in the air responded Sunday to a report of an aircraft potentially being in distress, but found no sign of any plane in trouble.

The police helicopter took part in two rescues at sea at the weekend, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service reported on Thursday.

A swimmer reported missing this morning has been located and is in "good health". Police have confirmed that Cole Morgan has been found and is safe and well.

Cayman's Coast Guard and Police Air Operations Unit have been combing local waters and along shorelines in search of a suspect who jumped overboard during an drug-interdiction encounter on Tuesday.

The U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency will lead a review of the Cayman Islands’ search and rescue capability, Overseas Territories Minister Baroness Joyce Anelay announced in a visit to the police Joint Marine Unit this week. The review will look at the staff, personnel and equipment required to ensure safety and security on Cayman’s waters.

Dozens of volunteers clad in light-blue vests practiced putting out fires, search-and-rescue techniques and treating “wounded” patients Saturday morning at the Lower Valley agriculture grounds.

A separate collection of documents regarding the search for five missing Caymanian boaters including two children, was released on Monday.

A review of the emergency response to reports of five boaters missing at sea, including two children, found “no major faults” with the police-led search and rescue effort.

Police and volunteers are searching for a small boat that went missing Sunday with five people, including two children, aboard.