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Maritime Incident Response Groups EU (MIRG-EU), who are fire fighter teams specially trained to deal with on board incidents, had a successful two day exercise on 11 and 12 October. MIRG EU is formed by Fire and Rescue Services from Zeeland (NL), Antwerp/Waasland/Ghent (BE), Pas de Calais (FR) and Kent (UK). The exercise was situated on a large cruise ferry navigating on the North Sea close to the Belgian coast. One of the goals of the exercise was to test the team’s tasking and operational procedures. With nearly 500 participants, including observers from 15 EU and neighboring countries, and the deployment of five ships and three helicopters, this was one of the largest maritime incident response exercises ever held in European waters.