This competency would be applied by those persons who as a normal part of the work responsibilities and duties act as members of an emergency response team on an onshore or offshore facility. The person undertaking this competency must be able to work alone and also within an environment which requires a high level of teamwork and interpersonal communication. A person undertaking this unit of competency should be able to respond to directives given either by emergency team leaders or other team members in order to contain and control the emergency. This unit could be applied to any of the following installations or facilities: onshore/offshore rig/installation island based facility floating production platform onshore production, processing and/or storage facilities pipeline easements maintenance bases. Equipment may include: fire extinguishing agents and water curtains hoses mobile extinguishers stretchers personal protective clothing and equipment such as: chemical protective clothing distress alarms structural fire protective clothing self contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) communication equipment. Fire extinguishing media may include: water foam extinguishing powder gaseous extinguishing agents vapourising liquids other fire extinguishing substances. On-scene hazards may include: smoke, darkness and heat electricity gas structural hazards structural collapse industrial - machinery, equipment, product hazardous products and materials unauthorised personnel. Firefighting strategies and tactics may include: direct attack indirect attack combination attack exposure protection internal/offensive attacks confining the spread of fire rescuing occupants cooling the fuels removal of fuels interrupting the chemical chain reaction exclusion of oxygen. |