Rescue Services

UK legislation requires that those companies who are responsible for the safety of their offshore installation workers (Duty Holders), make arrangements to secure a "good prospect of recovery and rescue" and transfer to a "place of safety" for those who may find themselves in the sea in all but exceptional weather conditions.

ERRVA members are contracted by duty holders to provide the rescue services that these laws demand. The ships and crews that undertake this work are specially equipped and trained to carry out marine rescue and recover survivors from lifeboats, liferafts or directly from the sea.