Fuel Tanker Roll Over Exercise

2 Objective Fuel Tanker Roll Over Exercise This table top exercise is designed to be utilised by individuals or multiple members to explore the complexities of a (Fuel) Tanker roll over from a brigade perspective. – Even though the focus today is on Fuel Tankers, it should also inform your thinking about any bulk Tanker, especially HazMat It is designed so that the participants can work through the slides and answer a series of hypothetical questions.

3 How big is the risk? Fuel Tanker Roll Over Exercise What is the frequency of bulk (fuel) tankers in your area? –What other Bulk Tankers are common, LPG/Acids/Alkali’s, chemical,… Where are the identified accident black spots in your area?

4 Preplanning for the incident Fuel Tanker Roll Over Exercise What equipment is available in your brigade and surrounding brigades that may be useful for a (Fuel) Tanker roll over? –Brigade –Group –District –Beyond….by whom? How early do you identify it’s beyond local resourcing, and what do you then do about it?

5 Preplanning for the incident Fuel Tanker Roll Over Exercise What are your usual arrangements for TFB’s? –Can you adapt this planning for major incidents? Do you have a preplan for Tanker rollovers, spills, HazMat?

6 Response Fuel Tanker Roll Over Exercise What is your usual response to –“Car accident - possible persons trapped, and washaway” How many members would respond direct to call? –How would they communicate back to the appliances that it is a major incident Who knows how to manually operate the Motor Room doors?

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11 On Scene Fuel Tanker Roll Over Exercise What is your Size-up? What is your first SITREP? What are your first priorities? –Do the State Control priorities help you focus –When do you consider issuing a Warning. How do you do it, what does this involve, what is required in a warning message

12 On Scene Fuel Tanker Roll Over Exercise When do you call the RDO, and what would be your first message to them? How do you plan to mange the incident escalation? –Sectors –Comms Plan –Staging Area[s] / Assembly Area[s] –EMT – what is it? How can it help you

13 On scene Fuel Tanker Roll Over Exercise What extra pressures are on you now that you’ve identified this is a major event? On you as: –The Incident Controller –A resident –A directly impacted community member –A leader of directly impacted community members

14 Pressures Fuel Tanker Roll Over Exercise As Incident Controller, can you forecast – what resources will be arriving soon? – how you’ll manage those resources? How will your members interact with those specialist resources, can you help lay foam –what role you’ll eventually be playing? Will you still be the I/C –How long this may take to resolve?

15 On scene Fuel Tanker Roll Over Exercise As the Incident Controller What is the BEST case scenario? What is the WORST case scenario? How long do you think this incident will run? ……which means what?

17 On Scene Fuel Tanker Roll Over Exercise How do you monitor the effectiveness and reach of your messaging? How else can you engage your community? Do we have a public meeting? – Where? – Who leads it?……….Mayor

18 Incident Control Fuel Tanker Roll Over Exercise Who is doing what? –How is everyone communicating Does everyone know your plan? What are your crew leaders doing? Who are your Sector Commanders? Who is representing you in the EMT? –Do you know the Police plan? –Do they know yours?

19 Who else needs to be involved? Fuel Tanker Roll Over Exercise Other agencies likely to be involved. Shire – MERO MRM Other Field Staff Media – Local, State National EPA EMV Water authorities – Drainage -sewerage -water supply Worksafe Power Company Recovery agencies to remove liquid waste and clean up Insurance representatives Transport Company rep Heavy Vehicle recovery Tourism Board

20 Incident Control Fuel Tanker Roll Over Exercise The incident is 4 hours old. –What Welfare pressures are appearing? –Who’s talking to the community? –Who is the I/C? –What is the EMT doing?

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22 Incident Control Fuel Tanker Roll Over Exercise The incident is 12 hours old. –What new pressures are appearing? –Who’s talking to the community? – Or are they complaining to you? –Who is the I/C? –What is the EMT doing?

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24 Incident Control Fuel Tanker Roll Over Exercise The incident is 24 hours old. –The incident is winding up –Who’s talking to the community? –Who is the I/C? –What is the EMT doing?

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27 Incident control Fuel Tanker Roll Over Exercise The incident is concluded, you’re back in station Is the end of it?

28 Post incident Fuel Tanker Roll Over Exercise What happens now at –Brigade –Group / District / Region –Emergency /support services –Council How’s the community –Who’s looking after them –Who’s talking to them

29..and more Fuel Tanker Roll Over Exercise Public Meetings Information to the Greater Community Information to the State Clean up operations Dump sites etc Dealing with displaced residents Business continuity Traffic Diversions Site monitoring