Emergency response plan for offshore installations

The objective of the management of emergency response is to safeguard the health and safety of persons on or near an installation in the event of an emergency. Such management systems ensure that offshore installations are prepared for any emergency that might arise and help contain and control such events to safeguard persons who might be affected and to minimize damage. The system form part of the “protection in depth philosophy applied to safeguarding against risks to persons from activities associated with the exploration and production of sub-sea hydrocarbons. On the other hand emergency response forms that part of the emergency preparedness of an offshore installation that comes into play once an emergency has occurred and contributes to reducing risks to ALARP. An emergency response system is the second part of the emergency preparedness of an offshore installation and is addressed in the offshore installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) as PFEER. The main elements of emergency response system are considered and fully developed in this paper.

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