ABOUT HOME AND DRY

Home and Dry is run by the Fishing Industry Safety Group (FISG), with support from the fishing industry.

The FISG is a stakeholder group, focused on improving the safety of commercial fishing at sea. The FISG aims to reduce the number of serious accidents and vessels lost at sea due to health and safety issues. They have a vision to ensure zero preventable deaths at sea by 2028.

The FISG is made up of:

• Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA),
• Seafish,
• National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO),
• Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF),
• Northern Ireland Fishermen’s Federation (NIFF),
• Welsh Fishermen’s Association – Cymdeithas Pysgotwyr Cymru (WFA-CPC),
• RNLI, 
• Shipbuilders & Shiprepairers Association (SSA).

FISG meet regularly and engage with other organisations and charities to help spread the message of safety at sea.

FISG have been responsible for many successful safety initiatives in the past including:

• Funding and distributing free Personal Flotation Devices to everyone working on commercial fishing vessels;
• Funding and distributing Personal Flotation Devices with Personal Location Beacons;
• Funding and running Man Overboard Awareness events at environmental pools across the UK

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