Coastal disaster relief

IRG Reserve - Captains and Boats

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Take the opportunity to introduce yourself and your boat! Do you have a co-captain? Let's hear about where you are located, your cruising plans, what kind of missions you envision getting involved with and where, your range, etc.

The IRG Reserve are cruisers all around the world who believe in International Rescue Group's Mission and would like to contribute and do their part in times of emergency. Using our global text messaging and email network, when we respond to disasters, we will alert the whole network and especially IRG Reserve Boats in the area.

Reservists like Captain Bagnell (Moonshadow) and Co-captains Rene Steinhauer, RN, EMT-P & Danya Steinhauer RN, BSN (Witchdoctor II) are ready to pick up medical supplies, take on staple foods and even anchor off a disaster zone and make water. Even 250 gallons per day can provide clean drinking water for up to 1,000 people!

In an emergency within sailing distance for you, IRG will direct you to a coastal town near you -warehouses and hospitals - where you can pick up supplies for free, and transport the vital goods to survivors. Even if you are 2 weeks or more away from a disaster zone, your help may be needed even more than the next day... especially if you are arriving with a big bag of antibiotics!

You will be given an opportunity to sit in on a 1-day online training event, or can be trained by an already qualified IRG Reservist near you.

Website: http://internationalrescuegroup.org
Location: Worldwide
Members: 8
Latest Activity: Mar 19

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Comment by Captain Ray Thackeray, IRG on March 19, 2013 at 12:22pm: Cruisers say they want to help after disasters...

...but do they really?

Jimmy Cornell says there are about 10,000 cruising yachts around the world, and that's enough of a population to make a large impact in many regions. Some of our members, for example, have told us of many boats supporting the Haiti earthquake response.

For the first time ever, new communications like WiFi, cellphones and satellite messaging means that disaster response can be coordinated, and IRG has built up this global communications system ready for action.

But help us please - after over a year, we can't understand why there have been so few signups of active cruising boats. Are we doing something wrong? Are cruisers so independent that they reject connecting? Do we need an expensive advertising budget to get the word out? Are we too impatient? Why don't the sailing magazines write something about this? What have we missed?!