BERISUAS: BEtter Response and Improved Safety through Unmanned Aircraft Systems
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Drones are a relatively new phenomenon.
The 3i project stimulates the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, UAVs, in the maritime environment. The project partners developed a prototype UAV that can be used by organizations such as Police, harbour masters, and environmental
agencies for monitoring movements and activities of ships in the Channel and southern North Sea. However, with specific equipment, these UAVs can do much more, including temperature measurement or detection of chemical substances in the air. Such abilities are of interest of fire fighters who combat incidents on board ships. This is the topic of the MIRG-EU project. MIRG stands for Maritime Incident Response Groups; expertly trained, fully equipped firefighting teams, ready to be flown out to a ship in need on the waters in the 2 Seas area.
The Interreg IV A 2 Seas cluster BERISUAS complements this idea. Sharing knowledge and experience about the use of drones to solve security issues at sea will undoubtedly lead to a better, more accurate, response. Additionally, the methods developed will trigger new ideas and solutions that will improve the life saving activities of our emergency services.
