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Presentation
Wolfgang Suckfll,
BASF Works Fire Service, Ludwigshafen
+49/621/6023310
wolfgang.suckfuell@basf-ag.de
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Introduction
The BASF site in Ludwigshafen enclose 350 factories on an area of 7,2 km. There
are a lot of upper-tier and lower-tier establishments. According to Seveso-II-guideline
a general Works Alarm an Hazard Defence Plan for the entire site have to be drawn
up. The following list shows the index of this plan:
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6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6
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10
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Energy
(Electricity, pressured air, nitrogen, steam)
Pipelines
Product- und run-off water recontainment
(purification plant and non-purification plant sewer plans)
Quench water supply (hydrant plans)
Harbour
The WAGAP is the result of an emergency planning system which have a logical
structure.
A hazard analysis in the works/factory must be a first step taken in drawing up the
alarm and deployment plan.
In this context, it is necessary essentially to answer two questions:
1. Could an incident arise in the factory/works?
2. What should be the procedure if the incident occurs?
In consequence of answering these questions regulations and alarm plans for the
employees and for the inhabitants outside have to be drawn up.
In principle, all the plans in the factory/works should be of uniform composition and
should clearly demonstrate a logically recognizable sequence of actions.
The same structure should be sought for all instructions in a factory/works.
In this connection, the following hierarchies can form the basis of the planning:
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A feature of incidents of all kinds is that measures and decisions (who is informed;
by what means) have to be taken quickly under time pressure and under the cloud of
what has happened.
Therefore, all plans have to be of brief and precise structure in order to be
sufficiently comprehensible even to constantly changing personnel, for example,
such as manual workers and employees of other companies.
The plans are to be drawn up, presented to and practiced with those potentially
involved, for example for the following incidents:
Fire
Explosion
Product leak
Accidents with many injured/dead
Technical assistance
Emissions
Floods
Extreme weather conditions
Discovery of a bomb
Bomb threats.
The structure of the hazard prevention plan thus offers the advantages of a
concluded arrangement, the individual stages (plans) of which are to be brought into
play by the factory or, for example, the works fire service depending on the extent
and nature of the incident.
Building on the factory instructions for the event of an alarm, the alarm-raising or
alarm plans define the notification and alarm sequence in the event of incidents in
the factory. The form of these plans which is customary at BASF includes a list of
telephone numbers of specialist bodies or specialist staff which are competent to
deal with the incident.
The factory incident reports are made to the responsible locations
(works fire service headquarters) via the stipulated central alarm point of the
site/factory.
From there, the authorities, institutions, works specialist departments and staff who
have to be warned are notified immediately on the basis of the alarm plan.
(see Appendix 1)
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The following principles are to be employed when drawing up an alarm plan at BASF
Aktiengesellschaft:
1. The alarm plans are to be worked out by the factories in cooperation with the fire
service and the working safety department. The validity and completeness of the
information is to be checked twice a year by the factory.
2. The possible incident site is to be surrounded by a circle which encompasses the
hazardous area. This area is the "Red Zone" or "Core zone".
3. The factory operations in the "Red Zone" which are affected by the alarm are to
be informed verbally of the nature and extent of possible danger, in an information
conference.
4. Factories in the Red Zone must compile directions (factory directives) for the
protection of their employees in the event of an alarm and have to work through
these directions in regular instruction sessions.
5. The factories and employees outside the building are warned together by a loud
horn (typhoon system).
Long 7 sec. blast
.......... .......... ..........
2 sec. pause
- Auditory warning systems according to DIN 33404 -.
6. The fire service warns other affected factories by an electronical Central Warning
System (CWS) and informs people outside, for example by means of
loudspeakers.
7. Where necessary, factories in the Red Zone install alarm systems in the building
in order to warn the employees, as well as wind direction indicators (wind socks)
at clearly visible points.
The basic principle is to attempt to draw up all the alarm plans in the works
according to a uniform, predefined model. This has the advantage that in the event
of a serious incident, irrespective of the cause, the alarm-raising procedure does not
differ, or only differs to an insignificant extent. The alarm plan of a factory should
include the following compulsory stipulations:
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On the basis of an agreement between BASF and the city of Ludwigshafen which
was first made as early as 1980, major incidents within BASF are dealt with
according to an organizational plan which was drawn up for this purpose. These
major incidents are characterized by extensive repercussions inside and/or outside
the works site. These include in particular events which require the population and
the public bodies to be warned or informed.
The organizational plan provides a number of committees for combating damage in
the works and coordinating the BASF units involved. In the event of an incident,
according to the organizational plan,
the Hazard Prevention Steering Committee (LAG) and
the Technical Operations Management (TEL)
assume responsibility for the tasks which are incumbent on BASF.
Plant alarm
Minor alarm
Major alarm
Major incident alarm
(PA)
(MIA)
(MAJA)
(MAJACCA).
(see Appendix 2)
A matrix which specifies the following parameters:
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nature, the works fire service is deployed and will carry out the damage prevention
measures in the factory and the Red Zone.
The major alarms stage involves a large number of injured, danger in the works or
disruption outside the works site. At this alarm stage, a Technical Operations
Management coordinates the damage prevention measures, this operations
management being composed of the BASF units which are required depending on
the damage situation, for example the environmental protection department, the
ambulance service, the medical service, site protection, and if necessary
representatives of the public fire service, and is headed by the works fire service.
The term major incident alarm encompasses incidents which:
or
The structure and organization of the BASF units responsible for these alarms is
stipulated by the alarm plan for major incidents.
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(including the necessary information, such as for example telephone numbers,
private addresses, etc.).
The Steering Committee uses a series of working parties, to which BASF technical
staff and specialists are summoned on request of the Steering Committee, in order
to clarify particular specialist matters or in order to deal with particular tasks. The
membership of these working parties is given in Section 5 of the alarm plan, together
with the supplementary information required (how the people involved can be
reached).
In addition to these sections, the alarm plan includes important information for the
members of the Steering Committee, in the form of:
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manager under instructions from the overall management of the city of
Ludwigshafen.
On the basis of the organizational plan, the head of the works fire service is obliged
to inform the head of the Environment, Safety & Energy Functional Division as soon
as he/she is aware of the extent of the incident. In the event of major incidents, the
head of the Environment, Safety & Energy Functional Division will notify the head of
the Steering Committee of the incident, and the latter will decide whether the Hazard
Prevention Steering Committee is to be convened on the basis of the information to
which he/she has access.
5.4
On the basis of the decision of the head of the Steering Committee, the Hazard
Prevention Steering Committee will meet in the steering room (meeting room in the
Environmental Monitoring department building) after it has been summoned. In
addition to the head of the Steering Committee, who in principle is the member of the
Board of Executive Directors who is responsible for the Ludwigshafen works, the
members of the Steering Committee include the following functional representatives:
and
Furthermore, the Chairman of the Works Counsel participates in the meetings of the
Steering Committee as a personal member.
The fundamental task of the Steering Committee consists in the coordination of
all the units involved in an incident both with one another and with the works fire
service operations management. Furthermore, it ensures that normal operating
conditions are restored as quickly as possible. It is also responsible for providing
ongoing information to internal and external agencies. Furthermore, the Steering
Committee makes the decisions which are required for production at the
Ludwigshafen site and which may be necessary in the context of a major incident
(e.g. to shut down production processes or installations, to close down energy
supply grids).
To carry out these tasks, the Steering Committee uses various Working Parties
which it summons according to the particular situation of the incident. These working
parties operate under the management of a Coordinator for Working Parties.
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The following working parties (WP), among others, may be activated:
and
These working parties are made up of the experts and specialists working in the
BASF specialist bodies. By way of example, in previous incidents, the toxicology and
ecology working parties have been convened in order to provide further information
to the Steering Committee relating to the environmental relevance of products which
have been released.
The tasks within the Steering Committee are coordinated on the basis of a detailed
distribution of tasks in the alarm plan for major incidents. This alarm plan assigns
each member of the Steering Committee tasks according to his/her functional area.
For example, the head of the public affairs division has to carry out the following
tasks:
1.
2.
3.
Information to the emergency control and guidance board over the questions
asked by the press and reports in the news in radio and TV
The Steering Committee works in continuous contact with the Technical Operations
Management which has been set up by the works fire service. At specific intervals of
time, the head of the works fire service informs the head of the Steering Committee
of the current damage situation on site.
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and
S4
The secondment of employees of the works fire service and representatives of the
public fire service of the city of Ludwigshafen to the staff depends on the following
deployment incident classifications:
and
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Trainings
The paper of all these emergency plans is not worth to be written, if there are no
practical trainings and regular drills.
The problem is, that in case of an accident, you have .... lack of time, ... .lack of
equipment, .....lack of something else .........
But on the other hand, ...rapid response, ...professional handling and ...optimum
effects of measures are expected.
So it is necessary to organize and train as much as possible in advance. The aim is,
that every employee knows exactly what to do in the case of a minor or major
incident.
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For practical drills we have got several levels of exercises for the employees:
2
exercises level 5
2
exercises level 4
approx 90
exercises level 3
4 to 6
evacuation exercises monitored by our Fire Brigade.
Weekly testing of the alarm signals, public address systems and central warning
system.
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If necessary the city of Ludwigshafen warns the inhabitants with
sirens around the BASF
information from local radio stations
announcements by loudspeaker
In agreement with the operating divisions and the Environment, Safety an Energy
Division the the Public Realations and Market Communications Department provides
press realeases
helplines
BASF TV
Videotext
Internet
Summary
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