Emergency Drill At Muara Port
By James Kon

Bandar Seri Begawan – Emergency personnel from the Muara Fire Station and Muara Health Clinic were called into action after two workers from BSM Muara Terminal Depot were injured when a Liquefied Petroleum Gas tank was punctured by a forklift while trying to load LPG cylinders to the loading bay, yesterday morning.

The injured personnel was the forklift driver who was seriously hurt due to the cold burns and metal debris coming from the erupted prophane gas tank. Another personnel, a manual handler, suffocated and fainted at the scene due to the leakage of another cylinder gas.

This was the scenario of the latest Emergency Drill conducted by Brunei Shell Marketing at the BSM Muara LPG Central Store, which stores more than 18,000 Liquefied Petroleum Gas cylinders.

Dubbed as `Exercise Belangkas', the emergency exercise involved personnel from the Muara Fire Station, the BSM Emergency Squad and the Muara Health Clinic.

Among the aims of the emergency drill were to learn about the findings of the exercise and to improve on any weaknesses as well as to test the emergency response of BSM in communicating

with emergency personnel from the fire station and health clinic while attending to the injured personnel.

According to MdAdini Md Daini, BSM's Head of LPG Business, the emergency drill was a success as both injured personnel were safely escorted to the Muara Health Clinic for treatment and the scene was efficiently contained.

For the safety of consumers who use BSM's LPG cylinder for cooking, he advised the public to use the BSM's hose and regulator for LPG cylinders. He explains that the hose acts as a fire retardant while the regulator has an auto switch for safety. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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