The provisions relating to fire ensure the protection of the public, the teams and the installations. The main principles of prevention concern the limitation of the propagation of the fire in the building and its exterior, the rapid evacuation and the measures to facilitate the intervention of the emergency services. Here is a brief overview of the fire and safety regulations...
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Following the incident in Rouen, the ICPE regulations changed in September 2020 and impact your POI. The requirements for emergency plans have been completed with regard to the measures to be implemented in the event of an accident. Gesip will help you to comply with the new standards. To know more : Download...
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The Rouen plant fire in the fall of 2019 left a lasting impression on people because of its magnitude and potential environmental impacts. Industrial safety experts redoubled their efforts to analyze this accident. This work has led to the implementation of several regulatory changes. We have been heavily involved in numerous working groups on the subject...
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Chemical industry professionals did not wait for the first European directive in the 1970s to set up a risk assessment. Subsequently, the various accidents that occurred, first at Seveso in 1976, at AZF in Toulouse in 2001, and then in Rouen in 2019, have made this regulation evolve. Here is a vision...
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Every company manager has the duty to guarantee security in his company. Even if large companies are often well organized in terms of safety management within their establishments, company safety in SMEs, SMIs and VSEs must respect the same issues. Respect of the standards, prevention of the risks, protection...
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Today, industrial companies must comply with risk prevention regulations. To do so, they are required to set up an organization capable of guaranteeing the safety of their infrastructures. This organization must allow the protection of the personnel, men and women, in case of major risks, in particular, the fires. The implementation of...
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Today, transport and distribution pipelines are the safest way to transport large quantities of hazardous products. But there is no such thing as zero risk. Indeed, risks are not always controlled. For example, the Ghislenghien accident in Belgium in 2004 and the accident at the Vaux-le-Pénil pipeline facilities...
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For several decades, managers of high-risk industries have developed project management methods based on feedback in order to learn from their mistakes and make progress in the field of industrial risk management. At Gesip, we believe that knowledge sharing and field experience are an invaluable asset...
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L'Usine Nouvelle published an article in which several interesting points were raised. The carbon neutrality objective remains essential! Following the latest news, several questions are being asked about our dependence on fossil fuels. In France, the development of solar and wind energy continues but several challenges remain. Regarding...
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La catastrophe chimique de Seveso en 1976 a eu de nombreux impacts sur l’évaluation des risques dans le monde de l’industrie. De nombreuses actions de formation, conseil et audit, suite aux directives Seveso ont été mises en œuvre. Leur objectif était de prendre la mesure des impacts sur la santé et l’environnement des activités industrielles.…
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