USE CASE 3 -FIRE AND OIL SPILL

From the point of view of port security in case of accidents, the Port Authorities have a Self-Protection Plan (SPP). This SPP has the general objective of safeguarding human lives by minimizing damage to the port’s infrastructure, to the surrounding areas and to the environment. It also plans the necessary intervention actions in emergency situations. It establishes the adequate coordination of all public and private services that intervene during any incident or accident that affects ships, companies and facilities located in the port, as well as to any natural or legal person that performs any activity in port’s service area. In addition, for the case of hydrocarbon spills, the Ports have an additional Internal Emergency Plan and a Contingency Plan, plus the corresponding Emergencies Plans of all port concessions, to combat pollution caused by spills. Although there are reliable contingency plans, with actions in case of petroleum spills in the port area, the coordination between port’s First Responders, Sea First Responders and Land First Responders is still an area of improvement.