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ROMANIA Cement response
Emergency

Igniting readiness

Opportunity
Timeline: 6 months
Increasing variety of Cost: 2.5 kCHF
fuels and complexity
of handling equipment Results
required better preparation • 11 fire emergency
for emergencies. response drills
• 17 fully trained
Solution firefighters in the plant,
• Organization of a series including one full time
of emergency response firefighter per shift
Bogdan Dobre drills to enhance the fire • After action reviews
CEO
fighting preparedness as performed to improve
well as hazardous spills response time and
(i.e. ammonia) effectiveness
• Involvement of both • Shared reviews with
internal and external corporate experts to
stakeholders (i.e. internal identify improvements
fire response team, local • Recognition from local
fire department and communities and
military firefighters) authorities
Radu Oprea • Design robust scenarios
Head of H&S
for the most critical areas
of the cement plants

Emergency
Response Failure
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