Membership
Become an SoS Member
Memberships keep the Water Safety & SAR Library free to read and fund the research tools built on top of it. Monthly or yearly — cancel any time.
Membership
Memberships keep the SoS Library free to read and unlock its research tools. Cancel any time — access continues until the end of the period you have paid for.
Life Ring Buoy (Supporter) Member
Keep the Library free and growing. For individuals who want to support the work and stay close to it.
EPIRB Member
Most usefulFull access to the Library and its research tools, including the Bibliography Builder.
Rescue Boat (Institutional) Member
For services, schools and organisations that use the Library across a team.
What your membership funds
Curating the Library
Every entry in the Water Safety & SAR Library is found, read, summarised and tagged by hand — and kept free for anyone to read.
Research tools
The Bibliography Builder, exports and citation formats are built and maintained for members who use the Library for real work.
Open knowledge
Knowledge Base articles, SARticles and explainers stay publicly available with no paywall and no advertising.
Prefer to give once?
One-off donations support the same work without a recurring commitment, and organisations can arrange sponsorship or partnership instead.

