Interview with Gert van Bortel
Three questions for the Vice President BASF Emergency Response
Ludwigshafen
With the major incident drill, BASF is training for emergencies at its Ludwigshafen site and demonstrating how emergency medical services, site security, environmental monitoring, employee care team and fire department work together. The fire department trains how to carry out fire-fighting measures and human rescue. The site shows how to ensure the care of a large number of injured people. The supervisory authorities exercise how to provide with information in the case of an incident. BASF shows how operational know-how is used for emergency response. And how the press and neighbors around the site are informed.