Record Notes on Level 03 OFFSITE Mock Drill Conducted At BORL-COT Vadinar, Jamnagar, Gujarat

1 SCENARIO FULL SURFACE FIRE IN CRUDE OIL TANK FR-01D

3 DATE & TIME 14.03.2014 @ 10:50 Hrs.

4 LOCATION TANK-FR-01D Crude Oil Tank Area

As per MSIHC rules 1989, an Off-site mock drill (Level-03) was conducted on 14.03.2014 at 10.50 hrs. The Scenario was manual cleaning and painting job is being done on the wind girder & roof of Crude Tank FR-01D.Suddenly smoke is observed on the tank roof by the Contract workers (02 nos.) and they rush down the tank from the staircase and fallen down in a hurry and became unconscious. Upon noticing the smoke on the roof of Crude Tank- D, the operator breaks the Manual Call Point (MCP) and initiates emergency and also informs on PA system to Fire control room. Immediately the first turn out taken and arrives at site. With fire in rim seal first response started & on instruction of IC Level -1 siren was raised. The emergency team upon reaching the spot observed the rim seal fire was spread into full surface tank fire and decision was taken to call for additional fire tenders and Mutual Aid Support.

DRILL COORDINATOR: Sh. Pradeep Thatte (Head- COT)

OBSERVERS:

Sr. No.

Name of Observer Responsibility / Location of Observer

1 Chief Observer Mr. S S Majhi, Head HSEF- EOL

2 Site Field Observers

Mr. Praveen K Gupta – Plant Manager, MTF RIL and Mr.Mukesh C Kumar Sr.Mgr – Fire, RIL

3 Site Main Observer Mr. Rajesh Shah, Head – Safety EOL

4 ECC Observer

Mr. P.Palanivelu, Head- Fire EOL

5 Rescue & Relief Observer Mr.R.N.Shah, Sr.Mgr (F&S) GSFC

6 Fire Water Pump House Observer Mr. J. Vitlani, Manager DCC and Mr. M.I. Vohra, Factory Inspector

7 Fire Station Observer Mr.Partha Sarathy Gupta and Mr. M.U.Khan, Cairn India, Bhogat

8 Main Gate & Assembly points Mr.Chetan Jadeja Manager , DCC

9 Operation Main Control Room Mr.Pramod Cheeli, COM, IOCL Jamnagar

SPECIAL INVITEES:

Shri D.P.Joshi (District Collector-Dev Bhoomi Dwarka) Shri H. K.Waghela ( Police Inspector SOG-Khambhalia) Shri Dileep Chakraborty ( Dy. Commandant Coast Guard) Shri A. S. Gandhi (Asst. Director Health & Safety) Shri M.I.Vohra (Factory Inspector-DISH) Shri. M.K. Bishnoi (Chief Fire Officer-JMC) and Shri N.D.Nakum (Vadinar Police Incharge)

POSITIVE OBSERVATIONS:

Fire water header pressure maintain between 8.5 to 10.5 kg/cm2 during mock drill. Water level in fire water reservoir maintained up to the mark. Good communication was observed between fire pump operator, fire control room and IC. Good knowledge of operational safety was exhibited by crude transfer from ill fated tank based on

temperature monitoring of crude inside. Co-ordination between all co-ordinators was clear & effective. Tank shell cooling of Tank-D and adjacent tanks was effective. First mutual aid fire tender from IOCL was reported to site within 10 minutes of declaring level 3

Emergency.

CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS:

Activity Time

(Hrs.)

MCP 56 was broken and message received from ETP supervisor on PA system that smoke was observed on Tank-FR-01D roof.

10.50

Operational Incharge (SIC) and Fire & safety Incharge went at incident site to access situation

10.50

Fire Tender FT-01 and Ambulance reached at site 10.52

First casualty was rescued, kept in Ambulance and taken to KPT hospital. 10.55

Fire & Safety Incharge called for Second Fire Tender FT-02 10.57

Level-1 Emergency was declared (Siren sound was audiable to all locations)

10.58

Crude transfer was started from the tank by lining up another tank F as the temperature of crude was < 50 degree C

10.58

SMC arrived in ECC (Port Control Room) and took charge of Incident. 11.00

Fire Tender FT-01 was started foam pouring to Tank from Southside. 11.01

Rim seal fire of Tank D was converted into full surface tank fire and HVLR of Tank D was started from North side.Level-3 was declared as situation was out of control.

11.06

IC informed SMC about the requirement of more fire tenders from Reliance, ESSAR, IOCL and DCC.Request to send fire tenders was passed on to neibhouring industries.

11.07

Upon request of additional manpowers from IC to SMC, ECC informed Fire & Security departments to arrange additional off duty manpower from camp.

11.13

District collector, Insp. of Police, Assist. Director-DISH visited to the site along with Sr.VP-COT & VBPL to assess the situation.

Second casualty was taken to KPT hospital in Ambulance. 11.14

Control Room Officer(CRO) informed at Thamna, Bewani and Bina station through CCTV net work that due to emergency situation they have stopped crude supply.

First Fire Tender of IOCL,Vadinar terminal from neibhouring industries reported at site

11.15

5. AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT:

IC asked Security co-ordinator to shift non-essential workers at main assembly point near at Fire Station immediately.

11:15

Extra manpower from fire and security camps were reported at Fire Station & left to the site for help.

11.16

SMC asked to IC for any further help. 11.16

SMC confirmed for information passed to MAS and Govt. Officials. 11.17

Tank- D MOV and mixer power supply was switched off from substation

11.21

One Fire tender and one Foam Nurser from ESSAR were reported at site.

11.22

BORL FT-01 came to Fire Station for replenishing foam compound. 11.23

Message received from IC to SMC that Tank D fire was extinguished and Tank F shell cooling was stopped. Tank D & Tank C cooling continued.

11.24

Two firemen were sent for inspection of all around Tank D for inspection & checking if anything abnormal.

11.27

Reliance Fire Tender reported at site and kept as standby. 11.28

GSFC Fire tender reported at site. 11.33

All clear message was confirmed by IC from SMC. All clear siren blown.

11.37

Jamnagar Municipal Corporation (JMC) Fire Tender was reported at site.

11.52

Khambhalia Ambulance and Fire Tender were reported at site. 12.28

S.NO. OBSERVATIONS RECOMMENDATIONS ACTION BY TARGET

DATE

1

During emergency fire tenders coming inside the terminal from neighbouring industries were stopped at main gate by security.

No fire tenders coming inside the terminal shall be stopped at main gate during emergency.

Security Immediate

2

Some vehicles were rushing at site

at a very high speed.

No vehicle other than fire

tenders and Ambulance shall be allowed to ply more than 30km/hr during emergency.

Fire & Safety

Immediate

3

Communication over walkie-Talkie

not very clear due to high noise level in fire water pump house.

Possibility of a communication booth or a suitable measure may be explored at fire water pump

house.

Fire & Safety

Sept.’14

4

Inside Firewater pump house: RCC slab not properly covered near pump 106 to the cable tray on flooring which may result injury to fire pump operator during emergency operation of fire pumps.

Opening near pump 106 shall be covered with grating or metallic plate.

Fire & Safety

March’14

5 Labelling of fire water pump was not readable.

Fresh labeling of all fire water pumps shall be carried out for easy identification.

Fire & Safety

June’14

6

In case of L3 emergency station ESD may be used to avoid delay in shutdown operation.

Suitable instruction may be given to close station ESD during L3 emergency.

SMC/VBPL Immediate

7 Communication over walkie Talkie from site was not very clear in ECC.

A base station may be procured for emergency communication purpose in ECC

Dy.Mgr-Marine

Feb.’15

8

Facilities inside ECC may be improved by providing additional facilities.

Provide dedicated landline, handy charts/ drawings of terminal, wall clock, a big white board etc. in ECC

Fire & Safety

June’14

9

Roof drain of Tank FR-01D was not closed and dyke valve also found in open condition.

In full surface tank fire condition roof drain of ill fated tank shall be closed, however, dyke valve shall be closed immediately.

IC/ Operation Incharge

Immediate

10

From the foam pourer pipes of Tank FR01D, water was leaking due to drop in pressure, it may slow down fire extinguishing activities.

Foam pourer line shall be checked for any blockage.

Fire & Safety

Immediate

11 Windsocks was not visible at Tank FR01D site

Additional windsocks to be provided at the suitable location in Tank farm area.

Fire & Safety

June’14

12

For easy identification of IC, an unique coloured helmet may be

used.

An white helmet with red stripes all around may used for easy identification of IC

Fire & Safety

April’14

13

Few fire vehicles found diverted downwind direction in Tank farm

area.

Care shall be taken not to divert fire vehicles/ ambulance in downwind area of tank fire.

Security/Fire & safety

Immediate

14 Final all clear message was not given to MAS control room.

Care shall be taken to provide all clear message to MAS C/R.

EMC Immediate

15.

There was delay in shifting the second casualty to hospital due to

non-availability of Ambulance.

In case of non-availability of ambulance, casualty may be shifted in another vehicle.

IC/ Fire & Safety

Immediate

Prepared By:

AM-Fire & Safety Sh. Digvijay Singh Sisodiya

Reviewed By:

AVP -COT Sh. Sanjay Kumar Mehta

Approved By:

Head-COT Sh. Pradeep Thatte

Newspaper clipping dated 15.03.2014(Annexure-1)

Gujarat Samachar (Daily News Paper)

Aaj Kal News Jamnagar

Annexure -2

Pictures of Off-Site DMP Mock drill Conducted on 14th March 2014 At COT Vadinar.

Pre- Mock drill Meeting with District authorities & MAS team.

Cooling of Tank-D by using MVWS & HVLRM

Rescue of casualty carried out by Medical Coordinator & team

MAS member IOCL-Vadinar Fire Tender Participated the Mock drill

Site inspection carried out after fire extinguished