Tampa Fire Rescue, Florida has taken delivery of a monohull fireboat, designed and built by Metal Shark of Louisiana. The newbuild is the first of two sisters for Tampa Fire Rescue, with the second vessel due for delivery in 2026. Both boats are of Metal Shark’s 38 Defiant NXT class, which features a length of […]
The City of Kiel Fire Department, Germany has taken delivery of a firefighting and rescue boat with a twist: the newly built Rescue 1500-class vessel comes equipped with a hybrid waterjet propulsion system. Constructed by Finnish shipyard Kewatec, and christened Dat Füürschipp, the 16m x 4.8m boat has been developed for firefighting, disaster response, civil […]
Austal Australia has entered into a strategic commercial partnership with Greenroom Robotics, in which Greenroom will develop new services and technologies for Austal-designed and built patrol boats, with the goal of enabling remote and autonomous operations – thus reducing crewing levels and lowering the risk of harm to human personnel, especially when conducting missions in […]
Founded in 1983, Banna Rescue has the distinction of being Ireland’s oldest independent lifeboat association. Over the decades, the Kerry-based, volunteer-staffed group has responded to more than 276 callouts and saved 78 lives, both independently and in cooperation with other emergency response services, including the Irish Coast Guard (IRCG) and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution […]
Maritime search and rescue (SAR) processes have evolved significantly in recent years, boosted by cutting-edge technologies such as AI and object recognition software. However, the task of sorting and storing global SAR incident response data in one central hub has proven more vexing. As Caroline Jupe, CEO of the International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF), highlights: […]