One of the hardest decisions a Ship’s Master will ever have to take must surely be the one to abandon…

Juho Kurttio, Deputy Manager of the Finnish Border Guard’s Baltic Sea Maritime Incident Response Group (MIRG) Project, writes at the…

In late October the Finnish Border Guard hosted ‘MIRG Seminar 2016’ in Turku, aboard the retired cruise ship S/S Bore,…

The Baltic Sea Maritime Incident Response Group (MIRG) Project, led by the Finnish Border Guard, has finalised the report of…

Ship fires pose a threat to maritime safety in Europe with the highest risk on roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) passenger ships because…

25 May 2016 - With speakers from the IMO, US Coast Guard, NASA, Swedish Coast Guard, Finnish Border Guard, the UK’s…

The Baltic Sea MIRG Project by the Finnish Border Guard has finalised the report of its Work Package 2 "Baltic Sea MIRG…

London, Thursday 14 April 2016. The International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) is delighted to announce the launch of the Honouring…

In the Baltic Sea MIRG Project the Finnish Border Guard have finalised a European Maritime Traffic Risk Assessment on ship fires, that…

Fire down below:It’s fetch a bucket of water, boys,There’s fire down below... So goes the old song. It’s sung to…

Dave Sheppard, of IMRF Member Fire and Rescue Marine Response, is kindly looking after our new MIRG website – imrfmirg.org. Here’s…

Raita Putkonen of IMRF Members the Finnish Border Guard writes: ‘MIRG’ (the Maritime Incident Response Group) is a term used…

This wasn’t a mass rescue operation – but a fire aboard the coaster Elbetor recently provided a good example of what…

The IMRF exists for two primary purposes: • advocacy, on behalf of the world’s maritime search and rescue organisations; and • mutual…

The Maritime Incident Response Groups Leaflet is now available for downloading.