Relevant Statutes:
Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion,
and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995 [PFEER]
The Duty Holder shall take appropriate measures - with a
view to detecting fire and other events which may require emergency response,
including the provision of means for:
· detecting
and recording the accumulation of flammable or toxic gases
· identifying
leakages of flammable liquids
With a view to enabling information to be conveyed forthwith
to place from which action can be instigated.
Detection arrangements could include:
· automatic
detection systems for fire, heat, smoke, flammable and toxic gas
· ballast
control room inclinometers, mooring tension gauges, position monitoring systems
· use
of radar to detect an approaching vessel
as well as situations where automatic detection systems are
not available such as using responsible staff to monitor:
· incoming
helicopter flights
· diving
operations
· supply
vessel operations or
· work over the side
Recommended Further Reading
Guidance for the management of emergency response for shore installations UKOOA.