Analysises of emergency magagement exercises of product pipelines

Abstract

In Hungary, the number of facilities that fall under Chapter IV in the Disaster Management Act has significantly increased in the recent decades. Official controls on the activities of regulated plants have become crucial for safe operation and for the protection of the public and the environment. The purpose of this series of articles is to examine experience in implementing a major emergency response plan exercises. The first part of a series of articles includes a general introduction to product pipelines and dangerous substances transported, an analysis of product disaster management regulatory requirements, and presentation of the theory of exercise practice. In the second part of the series of article, the authors will conduct a case study of domestic product pipeline’s exercise practices