Interregional industrial disaster abatement in the Netherlands: the need for public-private partnerships

In the Netherlands, petrochemical and other chemical industries in the Seveso categories, nuclear facilities, container terminals and marshalling yards may be obliged to have a company-owned firefighting unit. These specialised units prepare to deal with the risk profile and likely incident scenarios of the company. The minimum requirements regarding vehicles, equipment and personnel are prescribed by the local safety authorities. The capacities of these industrial units might also be useful for assisting with industrial incidents outside their own site, and even outside their own region. Howe... Mehr ...