Safety and Firefighting Services
Department of Safety
and Firefighting Services of Ports and Maritime Authority
of Guilan Province (Anzali Port) is ready to provide services for clients by
its experienced and efficient crew in two 24-hour working shifts and also
performing preventive and supervising duties in the port areas. Regarding the
importance of its assigned and defined duties and its preventive and training
aim, this department has made efforts to reduce activities which might result
in fire; on the other hand, by boosting its crew's scientific and operational
level through holding theoretical courses and performing continuous exercises
with various subjects, this department has been successful in achieving
preparedness to response to any incident. As an active port in Caspian Sea with
its capacities for loading, unloading, storage and transit of various goods
such as oil products, wood, chemical substances, dangerous cargos and etc.,
Anzali Port enjoys a great importance in the region. Its high level of safety
and security could encourage cargo owners to select this port for the transport
of their goods. Thus, more awareness and accuracy is required in the
supervision of port activities in order to achieve the foresaid goal. Safety and Firefighting Department
of Anzali Port has had a good supervision in this filed through its optimal
co-operation with other relevant departments in the Port Authority. Fire
incidents have had a remarkable reduction comparing to the recent years as a
result of this department's activities such as the exchange of the required
information. Fire Department consists of a central station and a sub-station
and is proud to provide services to all honored clients of the port.
Safety and fire services
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Firefighting and rescue services
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Monitoring fuel delivery
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Issuing Hot work permit
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Discharging ship wastes
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Washing services
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Medical Services
Firefighting and Rescue Services
As you know, one of the main duties of the Department of Safety and Firefighting Services of Ports and Maritime Authority of Guilan Province is timely presence to control, extinguish and prevent the
spread of fire incidents in the port areas; this important task is done by
firefighting operational codes and specialized rescue code, which is equipped
with the most advanced and latest equipment. It is worth mentioning that
another service in this section is the presence of operational fire department
teams of Ports and Maritime Authority of Guilan Province in fire incidents
happening across the city; the team would be sent to the place where the
incident is happing upon the call of Bandar-Anzali municipal fire department.
The appreciations received from Bandar-Anzali mayors indicate the quality and
the tangible presence of port's fire department.
Monitoring Fuel Delivery
One of the services provided by Department of Safety and Firefighting Services of Ports and Maritime Authority of Guilan Province is
monitoring the fuel delivery to the ships and vessels berthed in this port.
Therefore, the issuance of any fuel delivery license takes place with the
coordination and supervision of port's Safety and Firefighting Services
Department. It should be said that, from the very beginning of the entrance of
fuel tanker to the port until the end of fueling, the whole procedure takes
place under the supervision of Safety and Firefighting Services Department; the
process would be stopped if any deficiency is seen in fuel delivery equipment
or in the fuel tanker.
The above-mentioned services are provided after
the following levels:
1.
Submit a
written request to the Safety and Firefighting Services Department by the shipping
company that owns the related vessel;
2.
Notifying
the Safety and Firefighting Services Department by the guard at the entrance or
the relevant representative when a fuel tanker is present;
3.
Fuel
tanker escort by fire truck from the entry door to the side of the related
vessel;
4.
Performing
preliminary actions while observing all the safety precautions; then start
refueling operations.
The issuance of hot work permit:
Due to the high risk of performing hot works in
the port which is as the result of the existence of vessels across the berths
and also damageable cargos in port areas, the entire hot works such as welding,
cutting, tarring and etc. shall be performed with the coordination of the Safety
and Firefighting Services Department and following the license issuance by this
department; the licenses for hot works in vessels are different from those of
land. These licenses include the date and the duration of the license, the place
where hot works will be performed, the name of the relevant company and also
the specifications of the company that performs the hot works. The required
license would be issued upon the visit of the hot work area by the safety
experts of the Safety and Firefighting Services Department. Personnel of the Safety
and Firefighting Services Department will be present in the area from the very
beginning until the end of the works, if required. If any hot work activity
takes place without the permission of security guards, the related devises
would be seized.
The above-mentioned services are provided after
the following levels:
1.
Submit a
written request to the Safety and Firefighting Services Department by the
related shipping company;
2.
Safety
and fire prevention expert's visit from the hot work site to complete the
permit form and also to predict the risk of the site in order to continuous presence
of the firefighter on site;
3.
Issuing
the relevant license to start the hot work.
Washing the port areas
Another service provided by the Department of Safety and Firefighting Services of Ports and Maritime Authority of Guilan Province is washing
the port areas. This is done at the request of the companies operating in the
port and following the consent of the fire expert. However, after providing
these services, the relevant invoice will be issued based on the tariff
approved by the organization and the service fee will be charged by the
relevant company. It is clear that the washing of other areas that are not
under the authority of the companies is done after the coordination of the
officials of the relevant departments with the expert in charge of the Safety
and Firefighting Services Department.
The above-mentioned services are provided after
the following levels:
1.
Submit a
written request to the expert in charge of fire and safety services;
2.
Visiting
and examining the relevant expert from the desired location;
3.
Sending the relevant teams to do the washing
work.
Discharging Ship Wastes
Due to the high importance of environmental
protection and prevention of pollution of seawater according to the international
convention on oil pollution (OPRC) of the International Maritime Organization
and the need for proper implementation and observance of environmental
principles, another service provided by the Department of Safety
and Firefighting Services of Ports and Maritime Authority
of Guilan Province is discharging the oil wastes of the vessels
that berth in the port. This operation will be carried out after sending a
written request to the Marine Pollution Response Department and following its
approval and referral to the Safety and Firefighting Services Department. After
completing the relevant steps, the special vehicle for transporting oil waste
goes to the ship and receives the waste, and finally the waste is transferred
to the port treatment plant. It is worth mentioning that if the equipment is incomplete
or the waste leaks, the Safety and Firefighting Services Department will stop
the operation.
The above-mentioned services are provided after
the following levels:
1.
Submit a
written request to the Marine Pollution Response Department including the
determination of the probable amount of the waste
2.
The
presentation of the written request verified by the Marine Pollution Response Department
to the Safety and Firefighting Services
Department;
3.
The
visit of the related experts from oil waste discharge equipment and the related
area;
4.
Dispatching
oil waste carrier to the ship in question;
5.
Transporting
the discharged waste to the port treatment plant.
Medical services
Another service provided by the Department
of Safety and Firefighting Services
of Ports and Maritime Authority of Guilan Province is medical and first aid
services. If a person suffers from an injury or illness in port areas or
vessels located in the anchorage and berths, an ambulance and a paramedic will
be dispatched to the scene immediately after being notified by the port fire
control and coordination center. If necessary, the person is transferred to one
of the medical centers for further measures. It is worth mentioning that in all
the operations that firefighting teams are sent, the ambulance and the
paramedic are also sent to the site and stay there until the end of the
operation, so that if necessary, they can provide medical services or transfer
the injured to the medical centers.
Contact Us
Contact information of the expert in charge of safety and
firefighting services:
Seyed Siamak Sandousi: +98 (13) 44992310
Contact Information of the Message Center: 333 and +98
(13) 44992311