11.  Emergency preparedness and response

Requirements for Emergency Response Plans

 

Each operation is responsible to establish and maintain an emergency preparedness and response plan containing procedures developed for responding to potential accidents and emergencies identified at the operation.  These plans must be reviewed periodically and revised. where necessary particularly after the occurrence of accidents or emergency situations.  Such plans shall include:

• Key personnel and their area of responsibility
• Actions to be taken for each type of emergency (Fire, Spill. Transportation of Dangerous Goods. etc.)
• Communications responsibilities and contacts (Provincial Emergency Plan, Hospital/First Aid resources, Police, Forest Service, Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (MoWLAP), Media etc.)
• Consideration for preventing or mitigating environmental impacts from emergency procedures (e.g. Certain fire suppression activities that would contaminate fish bearing waters)
• Periodic testing of emergency response procedures

   

Coulson Aircrane Ltd and Coulson Flying Tankers maintain the following emergency response plan:

• Coulson Aircrane Ltd Emergency Response Plan
• Chemical Spill and Fire Emergency Response Plan

 

Where possible, emergency response plans should be periodically tested (Fire drills, equipment testing, tabletop exercises). Such testing should be recorded.

Coulson Aircrane ltd and Coulson Flying Tankers, under the guidance of the Chief Operating Officer and General Manager, together with the Directors of Maintenance and Quality Assurance Manager, will conduct and review annual evacuation drills of emergency response for fire, spill of hazardous materials, power failure and other significant potential risk.