Alyeska Conducts Unannounced Notification Exercise

Alyeska Pipeline Service Company conducted an emergency notification exercise in Anchorage on Sunday, February 13, 2000, between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon. The unannounced notification exercise was part of Alyeska’s overall readiness training for emergency response to assemble a team quickly in the event of a real emergency. The notification exercise tested on-duty security personnel’s ability to contact more than 60 Anchorage emergency response personnel during off-duty hours. Fifty-one people were contacted during the required three-hour time period -- approximately 83 percent -- and more than 90 percent was obtained later in the day.

According to Alyeska General Services Department Manager Les Alldredge, this was a good response. “We could have easily staffed our Emergency Response Team during the three-hour time period. Our response plan calls for a 30-person response team. We chose to set a 90 percent target notification goal for this exercise for contacting both primary and alternate response personnel. In a real emergency situation, we would have contacted alternate response personnel only if the primary contact was not available.”