Ascension Parish Emergency Response Teams participate in Haz-Mat Drill at Kinder Morgan GLT Facility in Ascension Parish.
Local Emergency Response Teams from Ascension Parish Fire Dist. #1, CAER Team, APSO Haz-Mat Team, Ascension Parish Homeland Security and members of the Kinder Morgan Operations Team at the Geismar Facility participated in a Table-Top Haz-Mat Drill, stated CAER Chairman James E. LeBlanc.
“These types of training scenarios give our emergency responders a hands-on learning experience as close to real life as possible,” LeBlanc stated in a statement about the table-top drill. “Many lessons were learned, along with building a better relationship with our Industry Partners and assets available to us when needed.”
As part of the exercise, members of Ascension Parish Emergency Response Teams learned about all the chemicals stored and shipped at the facility, and what equipment will be needed to respond to the area when needed, stated LeBlanc.
These tabletop exercises are intended to provide an opportunity for our local emergency response teams to test their ability to respond to hazardous materials (HazMat) incidents. The exercises provide the opportunity to identify the response and coordination issues that could arise during a variety of hazardous materials scenarios and make the decisions to resolve those issues, stated CAER Chairman and Ascension Parish Government Governmental Affairs Director James E. LeBlanc.
Ascension Parish Emergency Response Teams would like to thank Kinder Morgan Operations Geismar Team and the entire staff at the Facility for the community invite to participate in the table-top drill.
Protecting the residents of Ascension Parish is always the #1 goal.
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