Deal signed with Omani company
SOHAR Port and Freezone recently reported it has entered into an agreement with Unity Fire & Safety Services, an Omani company, for the management of the Sohar Emergency Response Organisation (SERO).
The deal was signed between Mark Geilenkirchen, CEO, SOHAR Port, and Kevan Whitehead, Managing Director, Unity Fire and Safety Services.
“The agreement will help to minimise the financial, reputational, environmental and human safety impacts of any incidents that might occur,” commented Geilenkirchen.
“As a local Omani company, Unity Fire & Safety Services is extremely proud and delighted to have been chosen to be a part of the management of the Sohar Emergency Response Organisation,” remarked Whitehead.
SERO is highly trained and prepared to handle various incidents ranging from building and industrial fires to traffic accidents to medical emergencies and traumas.
SERO has several key capabilities and is tasked to provide medical assistance, standard and industrial fire-fighting, HAZMAT and technical rescue, including rope and confined space rescue.