Faced with the requirement to hold the annual Shipper Worst Case Discharge exercise in Alaska during the pandemic, NJR assisted its client in designing and hosting a 400-person exercise using a hybrid Virtual and Face-to Face exercise. Only local Alyeska-SERVS responders in Valdez, AK participated in-person at the Valdez Emergency Operations Center (Valdez EOC). Agency, [...]
As the Pandemic continues to prevent most face to face engagements; NJR is conducting both training and exercises virtually to facilitate clients maintaining their readiness capabilities, meeting regulatory requirements, and continuing their improvement processes. In the past few months, we have conducted domestic and international exercises with great success. Leveraging existing technologies, we have provided [...]
NJR was contracted to manage a hazmat remediation response after 100 gallons of an insecticide was accidentally discharged at a rural airport after a transfer hose failed. The insecticide leached into the porous surface of a parking lot presenting a potential threat to a nearby drinking water source. NJR coordinated response activities with a certified [...]
The exercise was based on the loss of well control for a condensate well off the coast of Tobago. NJR designed and facilitated the exercise to grow the response capability of a new venture team in-country. The exercise focused on the Reactive Phase of the Incident Command System (ICS) planning cycle – a critical time [...]
December 2019, NJR assisted in developing and executing an onsite audit of a client’s listed Oil Spill Removal Organization (OSRO). Key elements of the audit were an escorted site and equipment inspection along with a discussion of day-to-day operations. A questionnaire developed, following standard industry practices, focused on general information (e.g. site contact details, contract [...]
On October 16th and 17th, NJR conducted a 2-day, Command Post Style, Worst Case Discharge exercise, involving two Portland, Oregon operators and their respective Facility Response Plans. This exercise was unique as it exercised two different Responsible Parties (RP)s with one scenario. Party B handled the reactive phase of the response with the initial discovery of [...]
Eighteen months of intensive joint industry, agency and response organizational planning efforts came to fruition in the middle of September 2019 when NJR facilitated a complex 400+ person exercise in Perth, Australia across multiple time zones and great distances between command posts. The exercise scenario involved a well blow out, and an explosion and subsequent [...]
This year, NJR conducted its 25th Incident Management Team exercise for Vopak. The exercise focused on the reactive phase of the response – a stage crucial to limiting the scale of the incident. Vopak worked effectively with agencies and response contractors to prevent the release from impacting the Port of Los Angeles. During this exercise, [...]
NJ Resources, Inc. (NJR) conducted a two-day crisis management and communications workshop, giving designated company leadership the opportunity to exercise their program through presentations, reinforcing activities, and a team exercise. Scenario-based activities emphasized the leadership roles and responsibilities during a crisis response. The workshop focused on the interface, interactions, and communications between the Crisis Management [...]
NJ Resources, Inc. (NJR) supported the design, facilitation and evaluation of a multinational, Tier 3 incident management exercise for over 200 participants. The exercise focused on the response to a scenario where a client-operated oil tank vessel was struck by a passing container ship causing significant damage including the simulated release of 6,000 m3/38,000 [...]