MIRG present at Day of the Safety Region

As a nominee for the Safety Award, the MIRG-EU project presented itself at the annual Day of the Safety Region on 4 April in The Hague. The booth put the project in the spotlight. It attracted a lot of attention. MIRG-EU received good response for the project in general and for the way the partners work together in particular.

During the day professors, mayors and managing directors discussed the future of the safety regions from a global perspective. Depletion of natural resources, energy issues, climate change. How do we prepare for all this?

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.