FIRE & RESCUE MARINE RESPONSE Steve Demetriou CFOA Marine Lead 4 th July 2013 To save life and protect property & the environment through providing an operational capability to respond to fires and other emergencies in the marine environment
HISTORY 1947-2006 ad hoc local arrangements 2003-2006 Sea of Change Project 2006-2011 Maritime Incident Response Group 2011-2013 Local ad hoc arrangements 2013 Fire & Rescue Marine Response CFOA NOPC/Technical Response/Transportation Marine
LEGISLATION Civil Contingencies Act requirement to work together with others Fire & Rescue Services Act 2004 statutory duties powers to deploy firefighters at sea Coastguard Act 1925 duty to initiate and coordinate a response at sea
THE RISK 1.25 million sq.miles (UKSRR) 23 million pax per annum 11,000 miles of coastline 95% of UK trade Mega vessels - cargo value of MARCO POLO = 480,000,000 Risks high rise, basement, sleeping, vulnerable groups, hazmats, environment, location Crowded places, iconic structures, transport infrastructure Economic import/export trade, tourism Mass casualty cruise liners, ferries Iconic military
WHY BMT Isis Review (2010): - the most significant risk to vessels at sea was in relation to fires, with an average of 35 fires reported each year to the Marine Accident Investigation Branch. Of this number approximately 2-3 per annum were recognised as serious enough to benefit from an operational response and over 50% involved vessels with over 500 people at risk. A detailed analysis of the frequency of fires at sea and their locations revealed that the risk applied around all of the UK coastline The likelihood varied between 1in 3 to 1 in 15 around all sectors of the UK (1 in 3 indicating that there is a likelihood of a fire occurring once every three years). Any of these vessels could be directed to a port of refuge anywhere within the UK where the local FRS would have a statutory duty to respond. The specific risk assessment carried out within the Review identified that there is a very high risk of a significant fire occurring involving the loss of 10 lives or more within UK waters and that the UK FRS are best placed to mitigate against that risk
Reported fires 1995-2010
BENEFITS TO STATUTORY DUTY Deploying professional firefighters to Commodore Clipper offered two potential benefits; the most significant being that FRS could have gained first-hand knowledge of the nature and extent of the fire. This would have been relayed back to senior fire officers ashore using the terminology and format that they were familiar with. The second potential benefit was that firefighters could have started to understand the constraints on fire-fighting imposed by the vessel s design, and assess the best way to fight the fire. MAIB report into the Commodore Clipper published in November 2011
CAPABILITY Supporting declared Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) with the highest marine coastal risks in effectively and efficiently meeting their statutory duty requirements under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004. Assisting other FRS in meeting their marine related statutory duty requirements through assistance and reinforcement agreements Providing an emergency response, on request, to vessels on fire at sea A more effective response to geographically remote island communities Assisting other Government Departments (OGD) in meeting their statutory duty and wider requirements e.g. DfT/DECC for incidents at sea, DEFRA in support of flooding incidents and DFID where international assistance is offered. Supporting a successful and sustainable maritime sector Ensuring the security of transport industries by supporting high standards of security including counter terrorism measures are maintained in an effective, proportionate and sustainable way
WHY FRS Speed of response Extension of shorebased skills Existing specialist skills (DIM/USAR) Location of assets Resilience Retain skills/knowledge/experience of MIRG
Anatomy of an emergency response to a vessel at sea 1-4 hrs 2-36 hours 24-48 hours Ships resource FRMR (response) Salvor (recovery) Muster Mass Evacuation
HOW Introduce a system to maintain intra-operability between marine response FRS's Establish a national infrastructure to support Fire & Rescue Marine Response Support opportunities to work in partnership with other FRS capabilities Maintain inter-operability between marine response FRS's and external partners
WHAT WE PLAN TO ACHIEVE ID 1 2 Task and milestones Introduce a system to maintain intraoperability between marine response FRS's Establish a national infrastructure to support Fire & Rescue Marine Response Start date Task due date 2013/14 2014/15 Key action/stages to achieve this Establish a FRMR Group Create a forum for sharing best practice 2014/15 2014/15 Develop a national infrastructure to support FRS marine resilience Pursue funding opportunities to support a national infrastructure Lead officer Steve Demetriou Steve Demetriou Progress to date Terms of Reference agreed Initial meeting held (28/2/13) Business Plan being drafted Business case drafted Last monitoring position 3 Support opportunities to work in partnership with other FRS capabilities 2013/14 2015/16 Identify and capture learning from emerging risks Support projects designed to mitigate against emerging risks Steve Demetriou Learning from Costa Concordia and MSC Flaminia captured 4 Maintain interoperability between marine response FRS's and external partners 2013/14 2015/16 Liaise with partner organisations (MAG, OREEF) Develop an MoU with the MCA Steve Demetriou
Vessel size EMERGING RISKS 18000 TEU (1000-1500 IMDG) 480,000,000 cargo value 7500 pax 1,125,000,000 life risk
Cost 372,000,000 Built 2005 3206 passengers 1203 crew 13 decks 30 dead 2 missing COSTA CONCORDIA
COSTA CONCORDIA 45m gash in side 12 hours to evacuate 4000 pax 50 pax missing Internal search & rescue 65 0 angle
ACCESS & CAPABILITY
MSC FLAMINIA Built 2001 Container vessel - 6750 TEU 75,590 GT 300m long 14.5m draft 23 crew
MSC FLAMINIA Risk of significant pollution from hazardous substances Public health risk to safety at sea/on shore Fire burning for several weeks SOSREP determines place of refuge/port of entry International cooperation
PREVIOUS INCIDENTS
FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES Assessment capability DIM/chemical incident response (CBRNE) Technical Rescue Firefighting tactics
FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES
PARTNERS CFOA National Resilience Maritime & Coastguard Agency MOD SAR/Bristows SAR SOSREP Marine Advisory Group Offshore Renewable Energy Emergency Forum European Union
EU MIRG EU INTERREG funded initiative being carried out in the Two Seas Region ( 3,000,000) Created to develop a common platform for marine response partners Netherlands (Zeeland) Belgium (Ghent/Beveren) France (Pas de Nord de Calais)
EU MIRG Will deliver: - An operational response manual (policies/procedures) A training manual A large scale exercise and conference Benefits: - Improved resilience through additional teams Diversity of skills with potential for specialist teams in each nation Potential for future interoperability www.mirg.eu
CONTINUING RISK Royal Caribbean Grandeur of the Seas 27 th May 2013 Sirena Seaways 22 nd June 2013