On 7 Nov, Provincial Environmental Response Steering Committee carried out a maneuver of prevention and response to environmental incidents caused by fire and explosion at Sakata Inx Vietnam Company (referred to as Sakata Company for short), VSIP 1 (Thuan An Town). Attending the maneuver were Mai Hùng Dũng, Permanent Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Steering Committee; representatives of departments, and hundreds of officials and soldiers.
Mai Hùng Dũng, Permanent Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Steering Committee, delivers opening speech.
According to a hypothetical situation, there was a collision between tank truck and forklift leading to fire and explosion during the transportation of chemicals to Sakata Company. As soon as the fire occurred, Sakata Company quickly implemented simultaneously measures to fight fire and respond to this environmental incident. Facing the fire and chemicals at risk of being released into the environment, Sakata Company announced and asked functional forces for assistance.
Local functional forces remove chemicals and victims from the scene.
Functional forces give first aid to victims and take victims to emergency.
Functional forces extinguish the fire.
Right after receiving the news, Provincial Environmental Response Steering Committee gathered forces and means to quickly arrive at the scene to execute solutions for fire fighting, environmental incident response and rescue. The fire was then completely extinguished, functional forces organized collection and treatment of chemicals...
Functional forces organize a chemical collection and treatment squad after extinguishing the fire.
Mr. Dũng presents congratulation flowers to functional forces who participate in the successful maneuver.
The maneuver aimed to help leaders and functional forces to be proactive in getting ready for forces, vehicles, and plans to prevent and handle environmental incidents caused by chemical fires and explosions.
Reported by Nguyen Hau – Translated by Ngoc Huynh
