Mire invited to speak at international conference

St. Mary Sheriff’s Office Marine Section Lieutenant Ross Mire was recently invited to serve as a guest speaker at the 69th conference of the International Association for Safety and Survival Training.
Mire spoke about flood water rescue as it pertains to the recent Louisiana flooding in August 2016. The conference was hosted by Shell Robert Training Center and Falck Safety Services in Robert, LA.
According to the association’s website, “The International Association for Safety and Survival Training was founded in 1980 by a group of major safety training providers whose aim was to enhance the quality of emergency response training by encouraging an interchange of knowledge and experience between training providers on a global basis.
Since those early days, the membership has expanded dramatically into a truly international organization with worldwide representation.
Within the Association there is a wide variety of expertise, which encompasses universities, nautical colleges and scientific institutions, as well as both privately and publicly owned safety training schools, professional organizations and manufacturers of all types of safety equipment.”