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:
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.