Sea Alarm took part in the design and management of the recent field exercise by the Dutch authorities in the Wadden Island of Schiermonnikoog which focused on integrating volunteers into an authority-led response. The exercise emphasised the value of such…
The Sea Alarm team was saddened to hear that Chris Morris recently passed away. Chris was an important ally for Sea Alarm for many years. He joined the Sea Alarm board in July 2008, being elected as Vice-chair in 2010…
Last week, the Sea Alarm team was invited by the European Commission to present the One Incident One Response approach at the EU’s Civil Protection Forum and to give a demo of the OneX serious games package. The sessions were…
Last week, the Sea Alarm team ran its first WildX tabletop and serious game training session with members of an oil company emergency response team. The WildX package allowed the participants to explore various realistic response challenges and discuss operational…
Last week, Sea Alarm organised the ‘One Incident, One Response’ workshop in Brussels to explore the future needs of maritime incident response in a changing world. At the workshop, Sea Alarm revealed a draft proposal for a framework for holistic…
After 2 years and a 5 month extension, the EUROWA-2 project has drawn to a close. The project was coordinated by Sea Alarm and its aim was to improve Europe’s overall preparedness for oiled wildlife emergencies, which has been achieved.…
In the beginning of February, the Sea Alarm team went to the UK to visit key stakeholders in the oiled wildlife response community. Sea Alarm aims to create a more professional and coordinated response to an oiled wildlife incident. An…
It is 20 years ago today that the Prestige incident (Galicia, Spain) took over the headlines in Europe and the rest of the world. Articles like this one will be published in the days and weeks to come. Incredible advances…
Sea Alarm successfully completed its project with the Montenegrin authorities to develop a national oiled wildlife response plan. Over the last year and a half, Sea Alarm has been working hard alongside the Montenegrin authorities to prepare a new Integrated…
We are very happy to announce a new arrival to the Sea Alarm Team, Edel Shanahan has joined us in Brussels as of September. Edel is originally from Ireland and holds a Bachelor of Science in Zoology from Trinity College…
Sea Alarm would like to wish everyone Happy Holidays and the all best in the New Year!