Licensed to London News Pictures. 25/11/2006. LIBRARY PICTURES. North Sea, UK, Operation 'Mallards Saviour' - a massive exercise carried out off Tynemouth, North Tyneside  by the MCA, Fire Brigades, RAF and Marine Incident Response Group (MIRG) to simulate the response to a fire onboard a major vessel at sea - takes place on board the DFDS ferry King of Scandinavia, the same vessel, now named King Seaways that suffered a blaze at sea this evening off the Yorkshire coast.  The exercise was centred around RAF Rescue helicopters from 202sqn ferrying firefighters onboard to supplement the vessel's crew's own firefighting capabilities. The Marine Incident Response Group (MIRG) was discontinued in April 2012. Photo credit: Adrian Don/LNP