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Outstanding ITI staff participation in earthquake preparedness drill
The high probability of the occurrence of a great magnitude earthquake in northern Chile is a reality that we must accept and be prepared for. Because of this personal meaning, Iquique International Terminal had an outstanding participation in an evacuation drill held in Iquique. This drill included the evacuation of the entire city coastline. The regional government, ONEMI, and local and higher level emergency agencies organized this exercise.
In its commitment to its staff and personnel’s health and safety, Iquique International Terminal (ITI) actively participated in this exercise whose main purpose was to test procedures and evacuation response times in emergency such as a big earthquake.
The earthquake drill began at 12:17 p.m. when all operations were halted and the personnel and staff started the evacuation. This included operations and personnel of CSAV ship Ranco, which was docked site 4 of ITI.
The exercise simulated the occurrence of an earthquake of magnitude 8.1 on the Richter scale, and IX on the Mercalli scale for the city of Iquique, which would have generated a Tsunami. The first wave according to reports by the maritime authority would have reached our shores at 12:41 p.m., and a second wave would have followed10 minutes later.
An aircraft flying over the city at 12:17 hrs signaled the occurrence [of the earthquake], which marked the beginning of the exercise. In that moment the entire staff and personnel had to stop all the activities and begin to evacuate toward the external safety zone two minutes later. According to evaluations carried out during the drill all ITI staff and personnel arrived in the safety zone within the set time. This evaluation also showed the correct behavior during the evacuation of personnel who fully complied with the established procedures and the tests that were part of the drill.
The final head count resulted in a total of 130 people of personnel and staff who made it to the safety zone.
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