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Relevant Statutes:

• Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995 [PFEER]
• Offshore Installations (Safety Representatives and Safety Committees) Regulations 1989, Reg 7 [SRSCR]

The Duty Holder shall, after consulting persons who are likely to become involved in emergency response, prepare, and as often as is appropriate, revise the emergency response plan which should contain sufficient information on:

• the organisation and arrangements which are to have effect in an emergency, and
• procedures by way of emergency response to be followed in different circumstances

Consultation should take into account the views of-

• those likely to have a role in implementing the plan and should include the coastguard, police, pipeline owners etc.
• personnel who will be affected by, or have a part to play in the plan
• safety representatives

Organisation and arrangements will include the organisational structure for handling emergencies, including-

• the chain of command
• the roles and responsibilities of key people
• communication arrangements
• action to be taken in specific emergencies.

The Duty Holder shall ensure that-

• the emergency response plan is available to all persons on the Installation, and
• each person is given such notification of its contents as are sufficient for them.

The Duty Holder shall ensure that the organisation, arrangements and procedures in the emergency response plan are tested, by practice and other suitable methods, as often as may be appropriate.

Every person on the installation shall, in an emergency, so far as is reasonably practicable, conform to the appropriate procedure in the plan.

Recommended Further Reading

• Guidelines for the management of emergency response for offshore installations UKOOA
• ACoP - Management of health and safety at work L 21 HSE Books ISBN 0 110969715
• The OIM's Manual: Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation.
• ACOP. OFFSHORE - RESCUE - PERFORMANCE AND RESCUE TIMES
  Effect of weather on performance and response times in offshore rescue.
  HSE, 1999. (OTO 1999 006) Free from HSE Admin, Research Strategy Unit, Room 203, Merton House, Stanley Road, Bootle, Merseyside L20 3DL
  Published May 1999
  This report provides new information on techniques for quantifying speed reduction of rescue craft due to weather, discussion on the influence of sea state on related activities in the rescue chain, and examples of how such information might be used in response time estimates.