Training and exercises
A large part of OFFB's daily activities consists of conducting training and exercises. In fact, over 130 activities are conducted each year, ranging from basic skills training to large-scale cooperative exercises.
Collaboration is important for OFFB and in exercises we have close contact with actors such as the police, the Norwegian Marine Industry Authority and the Norwegian Rescue Centre.
Training and exercise activities are organised at a number of levels, depending on how many of the member's emergency response lines are involved. All training and exercise activities, regardless of level, are regarded as important contributions to the continuous improvement of emergency response performance.
Training and exercise activities at OFFB:
Seminars/workshops: These are activities at which relevant participants/organisations gather to review the general outline of a given exercise, coordinate planning, aims and expectations, and identify issues that require more work to ensure that the emergency response can be consolidated and its objectives achieved. Seminars/workshops represent the first meeting of organisations intending to participate in a given exercise.
Tabletop exercises: These are discussion-based activities at which the participants gather in a room and work on a scenario and/or issues in response to input provided by an exercise leader. Participants shall not carry out any actions outside the exercise room. This approach is organised in such a way that participants discuss actions and decisions based, for example, on input provided by an exercise leader.
Level 1 exercises: At this level, the aim is to drill one of the emergency response lines, or in-house personnel, separately. OFFB is responsible for preparing plans and other documentation for the exercise, as well as providing role players and exercise leadership, if needed. Such exercises may also involve a number of internal or external organisations/personnel. They usually have a duration of up to four hours and are arranged with OFFB personnel.
Level 2 exercises: This exercise involves active participation from two of the lines within the emergency response organisation. 2nd line exercises actively in the situation room, while other participants drill from their respective locations or via participation as role players. Such exercises may also involve a number of internal or external organisations/personnel. They usually have a duration of four hours and are arranged with OFFB personnel.
Level 3 exercises: This level involves active participation from all lines in the emergency response organisation, together with as many organisations/personnel as possible that would be involved in a real incident. They usually have a duration of four hours and are arranged with OFFB personnel. OFFB will arrange for one person to be present if the exercise involves drills offshore.
OFFB’s Major Exercises:Exercise that involves active participation from all emergency lines and actors involved in a real incident. OFFB's major exercises shall be an arena for training, practice and learning for all members as well as all actors activated in an emergency incident.
Other exercises/drills: In addition, regular exercises are carried out involving personnel staffing the Operator's Centres for Evacuees and Next of Kin (OSEPs) and the OFFB Call Centre.
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