Following the incident Skipper James Jack stated,

“MOB Guardian has proved its worth. The unit gave us the reassurance that the RNLI operations room in Poole would react swiftly and make contact with the Coastguard, when we were unable to do so ourselves due to a major power failure.” Skipper Jack also expressed his gratitude to Aberdeen Coastguard and to the vessels in the area that assisted him.

John Fulton, RNLI Fishing Safety Manager for Scotland adds:

“Even 50 miles out the MOB Guardian system proved to be a real fishermen’s friend. Although the fishing crew were not in immediate danger, it provided them with reassurance that help was at hand, should things turn nasty.

“I hope details of this incident inspires other fishermen to get themselves equipped with MOB Guardian – at the moment some fishermen may find that with European Grants, RNLI legacy funding and by reclaiming VAT, they may not even have to pay a penny for the lifesaving system. I would urge fishermen to find out more by contacting the RNLI MOB Guardian helpdesk on 01202 663142 or mob_guardian@rnli.org.uk. As we enter autumn with weather and sea conditions likely to worsen, please think about increasing your safety by using MOB Guardian.”

Crewsafe is a crew monitoring and reporting system that immediately detects emergency events such as man overboard, providing a GPS waypoint, range, and bearing. It also provides crew location monitoring, covert alarm capability, crew paging, first aid training, and rescue asset and safety equipment management.

Bhagwan Marine has installed the system on three vessels including its newest utility Catamaran LAURI – J and configured for 18 Crewsafe tags supporting six crew and up to ten passengers.

Bhagwan Marine’s Managing Director, Loui Kannikoski said the company’s policy is prevention and safety first.

“If you happen to save one person then the company’s objectives are achieved,” said Mr Kannikoski.

Mobilarm Crewsafe is a wireless safety network, which provides a new level of marine employee safety and security through crew location monitoring and by automatically initiating a network-wide alert to all personnel within seconds of an incident occurring. It enables marine employers to remove significant identified risks from the work place and reduce the likelihood of related fatalities.

Crewsafe is an active crew monitoring and reporting system, which immediately detects emergency events such as man overboard, providing a GPS waypoint, range and bearing in order to facilitate a quick, effective rescue of the person in the water.

It also offers additional security and communication functionality, such as crew location monitoring, covert alarm capability, crew paging, first aid training, and rescue asset and safety equipment management.

Future versions of the product are planned to incorporate bio-metric monitoring and gas detection.

Bhagwan Marine’s ‘Samson Explorer’, which has had a pre-installation survey completed, is ear-marked for the next install and commission of Crewsafe within the Bhagwan fleet.

12/10/2009

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The lifeboat institution said 150 fishermen had died in the past 10 years while working in UK waters and last year Scottish lifeboats were called out to 129 incidents involving fishing vessels. In those incidents more than 170 people were rescued.Now the RNLI is trying to promote new technology such as the man overboard safety system known as the MOB Guardian.

MOB Guardian is a satellite-based man overboard and vessel locator system, designed to raise the alarm when either a fishing vessel or fisherman gets into difficulty. In the event of a life threatening incident, search and rescue agencies, including RNLI volunteer lifeboat crews, will be alerted to the emergency within minutes. This system provides the RNLI with the position, course and speed of any vessel, or crew member who finds themselves in difficulty. This information is vital in reducing the time it takes for help to arrive on scene, providing fishermen with the best possible chance of survival.

The RNLI has recently been offering advice to fishermen on the Western Isles. John Fulton, the organisation’s Scottish fishing safety manager, has been touring the islands. John Fulton said:’The RNLI is firmly committed to improving safety within the fishing industry, primarily by providing free safety advice. ‘As a former fisherman, I appreciate how busy fishermen are, and how their time at work and at home is precious.’

The RNLI said anyone who wanted more information should phone the MOB Guardian helpdesk on 01202 663142.

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Mr Gosman has skippered another boat fitted with the equipment and saw the benefit: “Some of the other boats in Ramsgate are using MOB Guardian – and I’ve been running one of the boats fitted with it for the last year. I’ve been so impressed with the system that I wanted to fit it to my new catamaran. Because it’s been installed at the fit out stage, as soon as my boat is launched the system will be working.”

MOB Guardian consists of a base unit in the wheelhouse and personal safety devices (PSDs) worn by the fishermen. The base unit automatically transmits regular updates of a vessel’s position, course and speed, via satellite, to the RNLI’s monitoring station. If an update is missed, the monitoring station tries to regain contact and if no further updates are received an alert is raised with the RNLI. An alert is also raised if a fisherman wearing a PSD falls into the water, or activates the PSD manually.

Mr Gosman explains what it means in practice: “Should something happen, particularly in the hours of darkness, you’ve got something to alert the emergency services immediately. My son works onboard and I make him wear the device. It gives me peace of mind.

“With all the grants and subsidies it will cost me just over £400 for a unit with four PSDs, instead of the £1,700 it would have been without. It’s not a lot of money for something that, at the end of the day, could save your life.” Mr Gosman says that with MOB Guardian: “There’s a decent chance of being found; without it there’s no chance.”

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