Interview with Gert van Bortel
Three questions for the Vice President BASF Emergency Response
The annual Major Incident Drill at BASF
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.
Interview with Gert van Bortel
Three questions for the Vice President BASF Emergency Response
The Major Incident Drill 2022
Stay tuned to see what we will show you this year....
The Major Incident Drill 2021
Due to the corona pandemic without external guests.
The new acetylene plant was the location for the major incident drill in 2021. Fire department, emergency medical services, environmental monitoring, site security and the crisis intervention team - a total of around 100 emergency services - were deployed. Due to the corona pandemic, the major incident drill took place in compliance with strict hygiene measures and without external guests.
The Major Incident Drill 2020
Celebrating the drill's 30th anniversary
The Major Incident Drill 2019
Behind the scenes
During BASF's annual major incident drill at the Ludwigshafen site, 100 emergency responders were on the ball today.
They deployed 24 vehicles and the turbo extinguisher trucks to rescue injured employees after a fire on a natural gas pipeline, carried out fire-fighting measures and protected surrounding buildings from overflowing flames. "In case of an emergency, our emergency responders must work very closely together. That is why the internal and external fire departments, emergency medical services, site security, environmental monitoring, employee care team and the affected plant regularly train the procedures and measures," said Michael Heinz, Member of BASF’s Board of Directors and Site Director. BASF's emergency medical services was supported by the large-capacity ambulance of the Ludwigshafen professional fire department.
The BASF site fire department in Ludwigshafen has over 180 employees. It is responsible for emergency response at the site as well as for central tasks within BASF's global emergency response organization. It also provides technical assistance in emergencies, advises other companies on fire safety issues and contributes its expertise to the "Transport Accident Information and Assistance System" (TUIS) of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI).
Photo and Film
Impressions and insights
Visitors at the Major Incident Drill 2019
The lucky wildcard winners
Only guests from the neighborhood forum are usually invited to BASF's annual major incident drill. A novelty this year was the drawing of a total of ten wild cards, which enabled five external visitors and five employees from the Ludwigshafen site to attend the major incident drill 2019 live. Read here how they experienced the exercise:
The Major Incident Drill 2019
Train together for the case of emergency