Transcript Freight Week 2009

Freight Week 2009
Emergency Response
for
Dangerous Goods
Presented by Chris Watt
BURNLEY TUNNEL – Melbourne 2007
Combined meeting with NBTA on a
National Emergency Response concept
Feb 2009…
Transport Emergencies
Scope for NBTA to self-initiate Clean-Up resources by
initiatives to pre-arrange contractors without legal onus.
National approach to transport of DG should include
standard of recovery after accidents supported by
nationally consistent training and resources.
Combined meeting with NBTA on a
National Emergency Response concept
Emergency Plans are enforceable nationally by
Competent Authorities / Worksafe BUT action is needed
to ensure Emergency Plans are suitable and can be
implemented.
ACTDG / ADG 6 & 7 emphasise provision of equipment
and materials, capably trained personnel and
maintenance of response equipment-: see s156 –
Emergency Plans (DG Regulations Victoria 2008).
NBTA commitment & action as alternative to legislation
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Victorian Dangerous Goods
(Transport by Road or Rail) Regulations 2008
PART 14 – EMERGENCIES
Division 2 – Emergencies involving placard loads
156 Emergency plans:
1.
In this regulation –
Emergency plan, for the transport of a placard load,
means a written plan, for dealing with any dangerous
situation arising from the transport of the goods, that is
prepared having regard to any guidelines approved by the
Australian Transport Council.
Victorian Dangerous Goods
(Transport by Road or Rail) Regulations 2008
157 & 158 Consignors & Prime Contractors –
information and resources
This regulation applies if a vehicle transporting a placard load
is involved in an incident resulting in a dangerous situation.
As soon as practicable after being asked by an inspector or an
officer of an emergency service, the consignor of the goods
must provide any information and resources that the inspector
or officer requires about –;
Victorian Dangerous Goods
(Transport by Road or Rail) Regulations 2008
Information:
 The properties of the dangerous goods being transported;
 Safe methods of handlings the goods; and
 Safe methods of containing and controlling the goods in a
dangerous situation
Equipment and Resources:
 To control the dangerous situation; and
 To contain, control, recover and dispose of dangerous
goods that have leaked, spilled or accidentally escaped.
Cataby truck crash and fire
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Mixed DG load included
paraquat
Remote area
Small transport company
No clean up contractor
DEC called in by FESA,
arrived by chopper
Ordered clean up
Clean up crew arrived next
day, could not start work
until contract signed
Contract not signed for
two days
Major highway closed for
four days
No storage for the
waste/ship of shame
carcass
The Problem
Hazmat incidents requiring specialist clean ups:
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High level liability for Fire and Emergency Services
Confusion/argument on responsible party
Delays in finding clean up crews
Delays in contracts being signed to clean up
Lack of competencies in clean up crews
Long clean up timeframes (roads closed, fire service doing
clean up, political pressure)
Poor completion/remediation of property/road
No temporary storage facilities for relocated products
No ability to implement a DG emergency plan
Political & Media scrutiny
Tanker Rollovers
Who Cleans up?
We have all been there, right?:
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Hazmat incident
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Stuck on the side of the road in no man’s land
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No clean up crew
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No one to hand over to
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Crew shifts to sort out
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Emergency response appliances tied up for days
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Clean up crew look like Dodgey Brothers
Hazmat RTAs
HAZMAT Response Requirements
 Need to have professional hazmat clean up crews on
stand by for all hazmat transport, with pre-existing
contracts
 Quick response times / competent team
 Temporary storage for recovered product
 Disposal arrangements
 Sustainable industry, and
 Legislative penalties
The Solution – Transport Industry
A Transport Emergency Response Plan (TERP):
 PPE … fit for purpose
 Baseline medicals for response team
 Chemist available
 Equipment (earthmoving, containment, confinement, clean
up, transport and storage)
 One hour response time (plus travel time)
 Insurance
Australasian Inter – Service Incident
Management System - AIIMS
The Fire and Emergency Services Plan:
 Incident Control: Management of all activities necessary
for resolution of an incident…legal responsibility
 Planning: Collection, analysis & dissemination
information and development of operational plans.
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 Operations: Tactical tasking & strategic application of
resources according to the plan.
 Logistics: Acquisition & provision of human & physical
resources, facilities & services.
Questions