The State Fire Protection Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations held a fire and tactical exercise on the topic “Extinguishing fires in tanks storing petroleum products” at SOCAR’s Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery Plant, located in Nizami district of Baku.
According to the information provided to elchi by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the main goal of the exercise was to further improve the interaction of fire protection units involved in the event of a fire at strategically important facilities, to increase the professional training level of personnel in extinguishing fires at such facilities, as well as to enhance the knowledge of the facility’s relevant staff on initial response procedures during fires.
During the exercise, fire protection units of the State Fire Protection Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, which quickly arrived at the conditional fire site, carried out the evacuation of plant employees from the “hazardous area”, conducted rapid reconnaissance at the “fire” site, and executed the “fire extinguishing” operation.
After the successfully conducted exercise, the results obtained were discussed, and relevant instructions were given.