ESCAPE, EVACUATION, AND RESCUE RESEARCH PROJECT

This report describes the Escape, Evacuation, and Rescue (EER) research and development program leading to the implementation of performance-based EER standards for the Canadian East Coast offshore oil and gas industry. The principal tasks of the work were the following: Worldwide data and literature compilation and review; Development of a computerized EER simulator, the Risk and Performance Tool (RPT); Human factors experiments for essential RPT inputs; Application of the RPT to specific case studies; Program for the development of performance-based EER standards. More than 640 citations were recorded, documented, and formatted for inclusion in the National Research Council Canada EER website. The RPT developed is a computerized model capable of simulating both the performance and the risks of components as well as total performance of any EER system. Data gaps identified with the RPT led to several experiments on human performance. Application of the RPT to several case studies aided the identification of potential performance-based EER standards. A program was proposed for the development of EER standards that would define global and specific standards, a development procedure, and research needs for the development of meaningful standards applicable to the extreme conditions associated with offshore emergencies for which EER systems need to be used.

• Record URL:
  http://data.tc.gc.ca/archive/eng/innovation/tdc-summary-14600-14600e-1475.htm
• Corporate Authors:

  Transport Canada

  Transportation Development Centre, 800 Rene-Levesque Boulevard West, Suite 600
  Montreal, Quebec  Canada  H3B 2X1

  Bercha Engineering Limited

  2926 Parkdale Boulevard, NW
  Calgary, Alberta T2N 3S9,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Bercha, F G
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 328 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Computer models; Evacuation; Gas industry; Human beings; Human factors; Literature reviews; Offshore structures; Oil well drilling; Performance; Risk management; Safety; Search and rescue operations; Simulation; Standards; Websites (Information retrieval)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00936878
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: TP 13789E
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 24 2003 12:00AM