Maritime Incident Response Group EU

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Shipping is a safe form of transport. However, when accidents do occur, the consequences can be extremely serious in terms of fatalities, environmental pollution or economic consequences for the fishing and leisure industries. To provide this safety in the 2 Seas area, the fire brigades from the four Member-States have decided to cooperate and establish a cross-border Maritime Incident Response Group (MIRG EU). The objective of the project is to create and train 3 maritime incident response groups (MIRGs) in Belgium, France and the Netherlands, using the existing knowledge and skills of the MIRG team in England. The aim is to form a specialised group of firefighters using a common set of procedures for fire-fighting and incident response, on passenger ships and cargo vessels. They will implement the results of a shared training scheme based on a risk analysis of the 2 Seas area that will define common methodologies and protocol. Through the project, almost 120 French, Belgian and Dutch firemen will be trained.

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