To demonstrate the MOU's ability to respond to a major incident
which escalates to the point that evacuation is appropriate.
- Exercise commences with a manually initiated alarm and a report
of fire, collision, loss of well control or other escalating event.
- Emergency response procedures are put into action.
- Person or persons are identified as missing.
- The event escalates until the response teams conclude containment
is no longer possible.
- Abandon MOU procedures are initiated.
- Personnel proceed to controlled evacuation or escape points, as
directed.
- Personnel make job sites safe and proceed to assigned muster areas.
- On MOUs engaged in well operations, the drill crew closes the
well and makes it safe.
- The OIM proceeds to designated emergency control point and takes
control.
- Standby vessel, emergency response organization and onshore base(s)
are notified of exercise, as appropriate.
- Mustering, identify missing person or persons and where last seen.
- Fire teams, appropriately clothed, run hoses and commence search
of area.
- Where safe and appropriate to do so, fixed firefighting systems
are activated and performance verified.
- Casualties are located and are moved to a safe area by first aid
responders and/or the stretcher-bearers.
- Fire escalates and personnel ordered to preferred evacuation points.
- Fire teams are withdrawn and abandon MOU alarm is initiated.
Possible scenario variables: (Not all will
be used in a single exercise)
- Communications failure between fire team leader, muster checkers
and/or OIM.
- OIM incapacitated at any stage during the exercise.
- Other key personal incapacitated.
- Routes to muster areas and/or evacuation points are blocked.
- Critical equipment fails, e.g. loss of a fire pump.
- Search teams are trapped.
- Casualties in other areas require immediate medical attention.