Studies and contingency planning: essential preparedness actions
The best way to be prepared for a major pollution risk is to develop and assess your response plan, to ensure you are ready to deal with any incident or spill.
CEDRE provides support to all types of organisations for the development or consolidation of their contingency plans.
prepare, anticipate
BE READY
Custom contingency plans
We develop made-to-measure spill response studies and contingency plans for our public and private sector clients, both in France and around the globe.
Every plan takes into account site-specific aspects:
- Onshore or offshore facilities
- Products handled: oil and chemicals
- Sensitivity of the surrounding environment and its uses
- Available resources
- Internal organisation, local regulations and international standards
These actions strengthen your capacity to respond to an oil spill, chemical spill or aquatic litter at sea and in ports, rivers and lakes.
With ISO 9001 and 14001 certification for all our activities, we also work in compliance with international standards and recommendations issued by IMO, IPIECA and IOGP.
A 3-step methodology
Initial analysis and assessment
We build the plan with you according to:
- Nature of your activities and characteristics of your facilities
- Our knowledge of the behaviour and fate of pollutants potentially released into the environment
- Modelling of the spill trajectory
- Sensitivity of the surrounding environment and its uses
- Regulatory context
- Your organisation and the spill response resources available
Drafting of the contingency plan
Our experts draw up a clear, practicable, operational plan:
- Alert procedures
- Crisis organisation
- Response strategies
- Response sheets
- Assignment sheets
- Personnel and equipment to be mobilised
- Useful contacts
- Etc.
Implementation and monitoring
We help you implement and test your plan through:
- Practical and theory training
- Field or crisis management exercises
- Regular inspection of your response equipment
- Procurement support (technical specifications, price lists, etc.)
- Technical assistance in the event of an incident
Regular updating and periodic review can also be offered.
