Use exercises to assist defense and drills to provide protection

In order to further enhance the emergency response capability and coordinated combat capability for sudden water pollution incidents, promote the implementation of the “one river, one policy, one map” environmental emergency response for sudden water pollution incidents in key rivers, and safeguard the safety bottom line of the construction of a beautiful Gulou, on November 28, Gulou District carried out an emergency drill for sudden water pollution environmental incidents in the outer Qinhuai River (Gulou section).

This drill was guided by the Nanjing Ecological Environment Bureau and supported by the Jiangning Ecological Environment Bureau, hosted by the Gulou District People’s Government, undertaken by the Gulou Ecological Environment Bureau and Sinopec Jiangsu Nanjing Petroleum Branch, and co-organized by the Nanjing Maritime Safety Administration, District Government Office, District Party Committee Propaganda Department, District Emergency Bureau, District Health Commission, District Water Affairs Bureau, Gulou Public Security Bureau, Gulou District Fire Rescue Brigade, Traffic Police Brigade 5, and Ninghai Road Street. Environmental emergency response responsible persons from each street and key environmental risk management enterprises observed on site. 

The drill was a combination of actual combat drills and desktop exercises. The background was “an oil unloading pipe burst when the oil tanker was unloading oil, causing a large amount of oil to leak into the Gulou section of the outer Qinhuai River”. The gas station immediately activated the station’s emergency plan and took emergency disposal measures, and reported to the Gulou District Government step by step. After analysis and judgment, the Gulou District Government immediately launched the IV emergency response of the “Nanjing Gulou District Emergency Plan for Sudden Environmental Events”. In view of the characteristics of sudden water pollution events, in accordance with the requirements of “one river, one policy, and one map”, it quickly established an on-site emergency command center with Tang Jun, director of the Gulou Ecological Environment Bureau, as the commander-in-chief, and set up 7 working groups such as pollution disposal and emergency monitoring to carry out emergency disposal in an orderly manner.

The drill also used drones to observe the location and scope of the pollution group, and set up oil booms 50 meters upstream and 150 meters downstream of the accident site. VOCs monitoring points were set up at sensitive points within 500 meters downwind of the accident site. Petroleum monitoring points were set up 30 meters upstream, 100 meters and 300 meters downstream of the accident site. The oil boom prevention and control range was adjusted in a timely manner according to on-site meteorological and hydrological data, and oil absorbent felt was used to collect and clean river pollutants.