Team prepares for emergency challenge

 A TEAM from Ramu NiCo’s Basamuk refinery is preparing for the upcoming National Emergency Response Challenge this year.

Ramu NiCo Basamuk Refinery Emergency Response (ER) team leader Paul Tomelis said his men had been hard at training, conducting daily hectic drills as their routine tasks and they look set for the challenge in August. The challenge will be staged in Madang at the Divine Word University and the PNG Maritime College.

The company said they have been sending ER teams from the Basamuk Refinery and Kurumbukari for the challenge in previous challenges and this year would be no different.

Earlier this year ERT representatives from all the participating teams including Oil Search, Morobe Mining Joint Venture, Lihir Gold Mine, Tolukuma Mine, Fire Rescue South Australia and Mineral Resources Authority visited the sites where the challenge would be staged following a meeting in Madang.

The emergency response challenge provides participating teams the chance to display their rescue skills on different types of equipment and simulated emergencies, to test their skills against and learn from each other and to watch rescue techniques being displayed.

The challenge enhances ERT team development, motivation and assists teams to keep up with current practices for emergency response.