23 November Final Conference in Bruges

On 11 and 12 October we held a successful exercise on board a large passenger ferry. As MIRG-EX project we would like to share our knowledge and experiences of the exercise. We will do this during the projects’ Final conference on 23 November.

During the conference we will look back at the different aspects of the exercise: alarming procedures, operations on board the ship, triage process of the passengers, etc. In the programme we will highlight the skills of the teams and the added value they can have in improving maritime safety. We will also take a look into the future.

You are kindly invited to participate in this conference. Please save Wednesday 23 November 2016 from 12:00 – 17:30 in your agenda.
Location: Gouvernement West-Vlaanderen, Burg 4, Bruges Blegium
You can register by sending an email to acm.dingemanse@zeeland.nl.

We will soon publish the fool programme of the conference on this website.

Belgian Television covered the exercise.

MIRG EX is an international joint partnership. Safety Region Zeeland (NL), which brings together crisis management, fire fighters and medical assistance, is lead partner. The other partners in the project are: the Fire Brigades of Antwerp, Beveren and Ghent (BE). These brigades are linked to important international ports, that accommodate large chemical production plants. Being able to effectively fight fires on board ships is simply essential. In addition to the fire brigades, the Federal Organisation of Public Civil Assistance in Brugge, the Agency for Maritime and Coastal Services-Shipping Assistance Division and the Maatschappij van de Brugse Zeehaven nv (Zeebrugge Port Authority) are partners in the MIRG-EX project. The French Service départemental d’incendie et de secours de Pas-de-Calais and the English Kent Fire and Rescue Service complete the partnership. Both are confronted with heavy traffic on the Channel and the North Sea. An incident may be just around the corner, but this doesn’t mean it can be easily reached let alone be dealt with. Working with similar teams on both shores, reduces will help to reduce response time.