Question 1
Based on the industrial visit, carry out an individual academic study into your observations and assessment of the facilities’ emergency preparedness and response planning. You are expected to examine the emergency plans, evacuation procedures, incident response procedures, and management strategies of the facilities (unlimited to the scope of this course) and illustrate in your TMA-Report how the respective facility plays their part in the overall preparedness of the Jurong Island Industry Community as follows:

(a) Facility 1, Emergency Authority: SCDF Banyan Fire Station (SCDF/BYFS).
Established in 2010, BYFS has a staff strength of 80 trained emergency response personnel operating in 3 rota (shift-system). Headed by the Station  Commander, BYFS is equipped with emergency appliances such as Fire Engines, Red Rhinos, Fire Bikes, Combined Platform Ladder, Foam Tender,  Foam Pods, HazMat Pods, HazMat Decon Pods, Hazmat Support Vehicle, Clothing Pods, Pod Carriers, Large Monitor Vehicles, Large Pumps, and Hose Laying Truck. Being faced with the potential threat scenario of a full surface tank fire, BYFS is also equipped with special equipment such as the 2000 GPM (gallon-per-minute) monitor. Together with Jurong Island Fire Station (JIFS), the SCDF covers all oil refineries, petrochemical industries, and chemical plants on the Jurong Island Industry

(b) Facility 2, Private Industry: Jurong Port Universal Terminal (JPUT).
JPUT is one of the largest independent petroleum storage terminals in Asia Pacific located amid the expanding Jurong Island Industrial Estate (JIIE). The site offers excellent accessibility by water and by land transport with 78 storage tanks and 15 berths, capable of handling 2 fully laden Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) simultaneously. For quality, security, and safety
control, the facility is well equipped with central monitoring of all tanks and systems with 24/7 integrated supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system and closed-circuit television (CCTV) system to monitor tan level, pressure, and other parameters.

During the visit, you need to analyze and establish an understanding of the company’s nature of business, associated hazard scenarios, tier-level classification, and level of competency of the company emergency response team (CERT) with respect to the SCDF’s National CERT Standard requirements, company’s incident management structure, occupants’ evacuation and CERT incident response procedures, readiness outreach programs, and mutual aid participation, if any.