The sharing of knowledge of the Liverpool Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) area of operation to staff at Holyhead MRCC has been an inherent aspect of the long standing pairing arrangements between the two MRCCs that has been in place since 2006. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has predominantly focused on utilising these established arrangements to facilitate knowledge transfer and therefore details on the number of hours of training provided by Liverpool staff has not been recorded. In preparation for the Liverpool area joining the national network pairing activities have included: · Numerous occasions during 2014 where Holyhead staff have remotely either assisted with, or had total control of Liverpool operations to gain operational experience of the area; · Holyhead staff carrying out watch keeping duties at Liverpool MRCC; and · Holyhead staff having access to the updated ‘Local Knowledge’ questions and answers for the Liverpool area. Additional to these pairing activities the new Operational Managers at Holyhead Coastguard Operations Centre have liaised with colleagues at Liverpool MRCC and met with emergency services stakeholders in the Liverpool area.