FIRST AID & FIRE PREVENTION COURSES CRISIS MANAGEMENT DRILL

As part of the H&S initiatives deployed throughout 2022, First Aid and Fire Prevention courses were held for our teams in Madrid and Chile. These courses were designed to equip our One Team in these jurisdictions with the necessary skills to effectively and confidently prevent and prepare for these types of workplace incidents.

Participants in the Fire Prevention course had the opportunity to learn and practis different fire extinguishing techniques in varying scenarios.

The First Aid course meanwhile focused on teaching participants how to effectively administer Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and techniques for immobilising and transporting injured people.

A significant part of the reduction in accidental incidents we have observed in 2022 can be attributed to these initiatives, and we are planning to strengthen them further in 2023 with the launch of a ‘Best Safety Observation Contest’.

In May 2022 we had our first global Crisis Management Drill to test the capability of our Crisis Management Plan (CMP).

The scenario simulated was a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), a significant release of plasma and accompanying disrupting magnetic field from the solar corona. This scenario was chosen as such an event would affect all jurisdictions in which Sonnedix has an operational presence.

Thus, the global corporate organisational structure as well as the local Crisis Management Teams in a number of jurisdictions participated in the exercise.