Save the date 22-24 Oct 2019! ResQU2 is organising a seminar/workshop in Riga 22-24 October 2019. The purpose is to share the gained knowledge and best practices in incidents involving hazardous and noxious substances, whether the incident happens in a port or at sea. The seminar will go deeper into risk management, organising international exercises…
ResQU2 a new Flagship of the EUSBSR PA SECURE
ResQU2 Project Platform was granted a Flagship status by the National Coordinators of the Policy Area SECURE in their meeting in Copenhagen on 15 May 2019. The Flagship status means that ResQU2 project platform work is valued in meeting the targets set in the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region in relation to emergency…
DiveSMART Baltic and ChemSAR benefits explained to maritime safety experts
Two of the ResQU2 projects partners, representing DiveSMART Baltic and ChemSAR, were invited to the Maritime Safety Conference to demonstrate the best-practices discovered in the projects. Mr. Jonas Westerberg (DiveSMART Baltic) told and showed what they have done in making the rescuing of people from a sunken ship safer. Mr. Teemu Niemelä (ChemSAR) introduced the created ChemSAR SOPs for…
ResQU2 in a high-level joint workshop on Hybrid scenarios in the Baltic Sea
The University of Turku/ResQU2 project and the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE) with its Communities of Interest (COI) on Vulnerabilities and Resilience organized a workshop on ‘Hybrid Scenarios in the Baltic Sea’. The workshop took place in Velkua, in the Archipelago Sea on 28–29 May 2019. The event convened together some 25…
HAZARD Toolbox demonstrated to ports and port operators
Mr. Ayman Nagi from the Institute of Business Logistics and General Management of the Hamburg University of Technology was invited as a speaker to the Joint workshop on the Joint preparedness management organised by the Finnish Port Association and Finnish Port Operators Association. The aim of his visit was to demonstrate the use of HAZARD Online…
Products developed in the ResQU2 projects raise interest beyond the Baltic Sea Region
ChemSAR has been a topic on the agenda of the annual Maritime Search and Rescue Conference for many years now. This year is special as ChemSAR partners Mr. Teemu Niemelä, Finnish Border Guard, and Mr. Danel Tüür, Estonian Police and Border Guard Board, were able to present final ChemSAR results for the audience comprising search and rescue…
ChemSAR SOPS for maritime HNS incidents presented to Arctic rescue authorities and services
The Arctic Coast Guard Seminar 2019 took place in Turku as Finland was chairing the Arctic Coast Guard Forum responsible for organising the event. Mr. Teemu Niemelä, Finnish Border Guard, held a presentiation for the Arctic audience on “ChemSAR project – Operational Plans and Procedures for Maritime SAR in HNS Incidents”. The Handbook for maritime…
The bottom line is saving people at sea and ashore, below and above the sea level
ResQU2 platform gathered a full house of end-users and stakeholders to learn how the solutions created and experiences gained in ResQU2 projects make a difference when it comes to rescuing people in emergency situations at sea, ashore or below and above the sea level. The workshop took place in Lübeck on 9 April as the…
ResQU2 demonstrating best practices in maritime emergency preparedness in April in Lübeck
This spring ResQU2 project platform takes its four projects to Lübeck to present their achievements in the field of maritime emergency preparedness. Our aim is to show how challenging transnational rescue operations are and what kind of solutions our projects have developed to make saving lives safer and more efficient. ResQU2 will organise its own…
Policy papers and recommendations as tools to increase preparedness
The ResQU2 project platform began its work towards increased preparedness in the Baltic Sea and North Sea regions by organising the first workshop to start preparing the ResQU2 policy papers and recommendations. The work commenced by deciding on the common framework and scope of activities for them. The workshop took place in Hamburg on 17…