English
On July 3, 2014 the State Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) in collaboration with the SIA “Riga fertilizer terminal” has organized practical local civil defense training. The training objective is to test and improve the established procedures and measures set out in the company's civil defense plan, in the external emergency plan and to check how the specialists, responsible for the object, interact with personnel of the rescue and emergency services and other state and local government institutions through the disaster management activities in case of adverse events or industrial accidents. The training scenario assumes that there has been an industrial accident at the SIA “Riga fertilizer terminal” resulting in fatalities.
Not only the company's employees and VUGD officials will take part in the training, but also the staff of the Emergency Medical Service, the National Police, the Riga Municipal Police, the State Environmental Service and the Freeport employees. Given the fact that the scene will gather a number of operational vehicles and due to the implementation of learning objectives, traffic restrictions might occur at Kundzinsala in Riga. The facility alarm siren will be activated in the framework of the training. The SFRS apologizes in advance for inconvenience caused by the vehicle movement, and for possible anxiety due to the said training.
Latvian legislation requires that civil defense practical training at such objects as the SIA “Riga fertilizer terminal” must take place on a regular basis.
