Enhancing durability of learning experiences gained in ChemSAR, HAZARD, DiveSmart Baltic and Mirg-Ex projects on guidelines, operational plans and procedures, and exercises related to incidents at sea and in ports

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

Date of latest update: 2023-06-16

Description

Description (EN):

With about 2.000 vessels operating in the Baltic Sea at any given minute, the risk of accidents is high. The platform nResQU2 brings together rescue services, seaports and other authorities to share guidelines, operational plans and procedures on incidents at sea and in ports, and to run large-scale exercises. By building on the experiences of Interreg Baltic Sea Region projects ChemSAR, HAZARD, and DiveSMART-Baltic and project Mirg-Ex, funded by the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, ResQU2 increases the preparedness and coordination of rescue operations in the Baltic and North Seas. ResQU2 increases preparedness and coordination of rescue operations: The amount of maritime traffic is constantly growing; more chemicals are being transported and the number of passengers is increasing. The risk of an accident exists: in the worst case scenario, a chemical tanker collides with a passenger ship. Hazardous materials are stored in or transported through ports, nearby which a large number of people live. They are at risk of being affected by the consequences of an accident, such as toxic clouds or smoke spreading through air. The objective of ResQU2 is to increase rescue authorities’ and services’ preparedness and reduce the effects of possible large-scale incidents at sea or in ports. Learning from experiences and guidelines: A number of guidelines, procedures and lessons learned from previous incidents already exist. ResQU2 project will ensure that the gained learning experiences and existing guidelines are communicated, discussed and demonstrated to the national rescue authorities around the Baltic and North Sea areas. This will improve the emergency preparedness in all countries. Joint guidelines ensure efficient co-operation: Large-scale rescue operations are often joint efforts of several countries. In order for the authorities to be able to co-operate in these rescue operations, they need to have the ability to work together. This is why joint guidelines, procedures, and frequent joint exercising are needed, and why the ResQU2 project platform wants to raise awareness of the existing procedures and enforce their use in practice.

Achievements (EN):

Better prepared for emergency situations: The ResQU2 platform helped hundreds of rescue professionals to increase their preparedness for emergency situations at sea and in seaports and to coordinate search-and-rescue operations in the Baltic Sea more efficiently. The partners took best practices from the maritime safety projects of Interreg Baltic Sea Region and coupled them with the knowledge of the project from the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. Sharing best practices on safety and security management: Through events, peer-to-peer learning, staff exchanges, and joint training sessions, the platform partners shared best practices on safety and security management in ports, risk and crisis communication, rescue operations at sea and in ports. These practices could be used in different circumstances, for example, when human lives were in danger or when chemicals were involved in a maritime incident. Many different authorities and services benefited from these learning exercises: emergency, fire and rescue services, border and coast guards, police, ministries of interior, and agencies dealing with safety and security issues around the Baltic Sea region and beyond. The partners also worked with the coordinators of the EUSBSR policy areas Safe and Secure. New coordination group for divers: The platform helped formalise cooperation in emergency preparedness and rescue diving in the region. National and regional rescue authorities involved in the platform set up an international coordination group and signed a policy paper outlining the strategic development of divers in the Baltic Sea region. This coordination group helps utilise the scarce rescue resources in the best way for saving lives in the Baltic Sea. The organisations committed to the group are the Finnish Border Guard, Polish Navy, Hamburg Fire and Rescue Department, Fire and Rescue Department of Lithuania, Latvian Navy, Safety Region Zeeland, Swedish Fire Department (Stockholm), and Swedish Navy. The rescue diving was a pilot case for the partners to test out the approach and policy paper. Its suggestions may serve as guidance for setting up cooperation and coordination within other search-and-rescue activities. Further, the platform looked into what could be done to further improve emergency preparedness: for example, by strengthening networking among international knowledge teams and expert groups, developing a mutual emergency response capacity, and enhancing information management. Network is the key: All in all, the authorities and services emphasised the importance of shared procedures and trust that were at the core of the participating projects and the ResQU2 platform. One of the most valued outcomes of the platform was the possibility to get to know peers and their resources in other regions and countries. This was the knowledge that may help save lives one day. https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/resqu2/

Website: http://blogit.utu.fi/resqu2/

Delivered Outputs (EN):

High-level dissemination events Common understanding of the implementation of the Platform projects' outputs concerning emergency preparedness in Baltic Sea region Improved compliance of safety and security regulatory framework in shipping and seaports in view of enhanced risk management practices Set of recommendations and best practices One policy paper, applicable to long term management of any chosen area within emergency preparedness.

Thematic information

Coastal management and maritime issues Managing natural and man-made threats, risk management

Specific Objective: ‘Maritime safety’: To increase maritime safety and security based on advanced capacity of maritime actors

Thematic Objective: (07) promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures by:

Investment Priority: (07c) developing and improving environmentally-friendly (including low-noise) and low-carbon transport systems, including inland waterways and maritime transport, ports, multimodal links and airport infrastructure, in order to promote sustainable regional and local mobility

Partners (10)

Lead Partner: Turun yliopisto

Department: The Centre for Maritime Studies at the Brahea Centre

Address: YLIOPISTONMÄKI, FI-20014 Turku, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.utu.fi

Total budget: EUR 283 860.75

ERDF budget: EUR 212 895.56

Rajavartiolaitos

Name: Rajavartiolaitos

Department: The Finnish Border Guard Headquarters

Address: P.O. Box 3, FI-00131 Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.raja.fi

Total budget: EUR 98 860.76

ERDF budget: EUR 74 145.57

Varsinais-Suomen pelastuslaitos

Name: Varsinais-Suomen pelastuslaitos

Department: Development Unit

Address: Eerikinkatu 35, FI-20600 Turku, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.vspelastus.fi

Total budget: EUR 98 860.76

ERDF budget: EUR 74 145.57

Politsei ja Piirivalveamet

Name: Politsei ja Piirivalveamet

Department: Rediness and Response Bureau

Address: Pärnu mnt 139, EE-15060 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.politsei.ee

Total budget: EUR 58 860.76

ERDF budget: EUR 50 031.64

Kustbevakningen

Name: Kustbevakningen

Address: Box 536 , 37123 Karlskrona , Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.kustbevakningen.se

Total budget: EUR 96 860.76

ERDF budget: EUR 72 645.57

Behörde für Inneres und Sport Hamburg

Name: Behörde für Inneres und Sport Hamburg

Department: Hamburg Fire and Rescue Service

Address: Westphalensweg 1, 20099 Hamburg, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.hamburg.de/feuerwehr

Total budget: EUR 98 860.76

ERDF budget: EUR 74 145.57

Veiligheidsregio Zeeland

Name: Veiligheidsregio Zeeland

Address: Segeerssingel 10, 4337 LG Middelburg, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.zeelandveilig.nl/veiligheidsregio-zeeland

Total budget: EUR 98 860.76

ERDF budget: EUR 74 145.57

Akademia Marynarki Wojennej

Name: Akademia Marynarki Wojennej

Department: Faculty of mechanical and electrical engineering

Address: Śmidowicza 69 street, 81-127 Gdynia, Poland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.amw.gdynia.pl

Total budget: EUR 43 860.76

ERDF budget: EUR 37 281.64

Latvijas jūras akadēmija

Name: Latvijas jūras akadēmija

Address: Flotes street 12k-1, LV-1016 Riga, Latvia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.latja.lv

Total budget: EUR 53 860.76

ERDF budget: EUR 45 781.64

Priešgaisrinės apsaugos ir gelbėjimo departamentas prie Vidaus reikalų ministerijos

Name: Priešgaisrinės apsaugos ir gelbėjimo departamentas prie Vidaus reikalų ministerijos

Address: Švitrigailos str. 18 , 03223 Vilnius, Lithuania

Legal status: public

Website: http://pagd.lrv.lt

Total budget: EUR 55 860.76

ERDF budget: EUR 47 481.64

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Summary

Project name (EN): Enhancing durability of learning experiences gained in ChemSAR, HAZARD, DiveSmart Baltic and Mirg-Ex projects on guidelines, operational plans and procedures, and exercises related to incidents at sea and in ports

Project acronym: ResQU2

Project start date: 2018-10-01

Project end date: 2021-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 988 607.59

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 762 699.97

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 77.10%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 762 699.97.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Reports

INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR SEAPORTS AND MARITIME TRANSPORT – Follow-up 2020

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/resqu2/publications/

Publication date: 2022-11-09

Document date: 2020-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

COMMUNICATION AND REGULATORY CHALLENGES IN THE BALTIC SEA REGION PORTS – Update 2020

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/resqu2/publications/

Publication date: 2022-11-09

Document date: 2020-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Transport and Logistics in the Baltic Sea Region by 2030 - A Foresight Study

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/resqu2/publications/

Publication date: 2022-11-09

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Current status and future developments in maritime incident control

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/resqu2/

Publication date: 2022-11-11

Document date: 2021-03-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Policy paper concerning strategic development of divers in the Baltic Sea Region

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/resqu2/publications/

Publication date: 2022-11-13

Document date: 2019-09-23

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Books

HAZARD is over!

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Book

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/resqu2/publications/

Publication date: 2022-11-09

Document date: 2020-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Studies / surveys

STUDY: BREATHING AGENT POLLUTION

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/resqu2/publications/

Publication date: 2022-11-09

Document date: 2020-04-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

STUDY: METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/resqu2/publications/

Publication date: 2022-11-09

Document date: 2020-04-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

THE POTENTIAL UNDERWATER RESCUE SCENARIO IN INCIDENT DEFIN ED BY DIVE SMART PROJECT

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/resqu2/publications/

Publication date: 2022-11-09

Document date: 2017-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Presentations

Improving Emergency Preparedness in the Baltic Sea and North Sea areas

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/resqu2/publications/

Publication date: 2022-11-09

Document date: 2021-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

ResQU2 Project explained in one picture

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/resqu2/publications/

Publication date: 2022-11-09

Document date: 2021-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Websites / webtools / webforums / cooperative platforms

ResQU2 – Increasing Emergency Preparedness

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Website / webtool / webforum / cooperative platform

Data source: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/resqu2/

Publication date: 2022-11-13

Document date: 2021-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment link: https://blogit.utu.fi/resqu2/

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

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2023-06-16

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2 025 / 2 025 (100%)

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Enhancing durability of learning experiences gained in ChemSAR, HAZARD, DiveSmart Baltic and Mirg-Ex projects on guidelines, operational plans and procedures, and exercises related to incidents at sea and in ports

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