Singapore legislation
Regulation 27
of Fire Safety (Petroleum and Flammable Materials) Regulations
Regulation 27
Emergency Response Plan
Subregulation 1
The storage licensee for any licensed premises shall prepare and keep up-to-date an Emergency Response Plan to deal effectively with any spillage, leakage, accidental discharge or emergency which may arise from the storage of the petroleum or flammable material at those licensed premises.
Subregulation 2
The Emergency Response Plan shall be prepared in accordance with such guidelines as may be issued by the Commissioner and submitted to the Commissioner.
Subregulation 3
The storage licensee shall ensure that the contents of the Emergency Response Plan are made known to all persons working at the licensed premises.
Subregulation 4
The contents of an Emergency Response Plan shall deal effectively with off-site impact, if any, and shall cover the following areas and be in the format specified by the Commissioner:
identification of likely accident scenarios and establishment of the likely impact zones;
notification and activation procedures;
response actions to contain and control the release and to mitigate the impact zones;
monitoring of the affected areas;
procedures for decontamination and clean-up of affected areas;
names of personnel with their assigned roles and responsibilities in dealing with the emergency (including the decontamination and clean-up of the affected areas);
list of emergency response equipment, including protective gears, fire-fighting equipment, oversized drums, emergency containers or tankers, absorbents, neutralising agents, monitoring equipment and clean-up equipment, made available for dealing with the emergency; and
any other information as required by the Commissioner.
Subregulation 5
The Commissioner may require the storage licensee to review, test or improve his Emergency Response Plan for the licensed premises within a time period specified by the Commissioner.
Subregulation 6
Where any change occurs which affects or is likely to affect the validity or effectiveness of the Emergency Response Plan, the storage licensee concerned shall, within one month of being aware of such a change, revise and re-submit the revised Emergency Response Plan to the Commissioner.
Subregulation 7
Where the Commissioner is of the opinion that any Emergency Response Plan submitted under this regulation is inadequate to deal with any emergency which may occur at the licensed premises, the Commissioner may direct the storage licensee concerned to amend the Emergency Response Plan in such manner as the Commissioner considers fit.
Subregulation 8
The storage licensee shall ensure that those licensed premises shall have at all times trained personnel and adequate equipment to deal with any emergencies or accidents which may arise.
Subregulation 9
The storage licensee shall implement the Emergency Response Plan in the event of any emergency at those licensed premises involving the petroleum or flammable material stored or kept thereat.