MIPL Emergency Management Program
TABLE 4: Messaging Type
Drills and Exercises
drills or exercises with emergency response officials. Information on incident command system roles, establishing unified command, response guidelines, and preparedness for various emergency scenarios can be communicated effectively and thoroughly through a hands-on drill or exercise. Communicates damage prevention messaging consistent with the key “Dig Safe” messages developed by the Common Ground Alliance. Provides notification to the public in the vicinity of the pipeline and the actual excavators (who normally engage in excavation activities in the area in which the pipeline is located) as often as is needed to make them aware of the damage prevention program, the program’s purpose, and how to learn the location of underground pipelines before excavation activities are begun. Explains the use of the Sask 1 st Call excavation notification system in advance of any excavation activity. Provides information on the prevalence of digging-related damage, also known as third-party damage, as appropriate. Communicates how to identify a transmission pipeline ROW by recognition of pipeline markers especially at road crossings, fence lines and street intersections; awareness communications includes information about:
Damage Prevention
Transmission Pipeline Markers
what pipeline markers look like
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• that telephone numbers on the markers are for their use if an emergency is suspected or discovered, and • that pipeline markers do not indicate the exact location or depth of the pipeline and may not be present in certain areas. As such, use of the Sask 1 st Call excavation notification system is encouraged.
Employees are provided with details on how they can help share pipeline safety, and emergency information with family, friends, and neighbors. In addition to face-to-face outreach, stakeholders are provided with an Emergency Response Information booklet that contains emergency information such as pipeline product information, leak detection and its potential hazards, an overview of the pipeline, levels of emergency, early notification, emergency procedures, shelter-in- place procedures, procedures for evacuation, the 24-hour emergency number, other contacts and Sask 1 st Call information.
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