| Popis: |
Since 1990, the North Slope oil fields have been endeavoring to train incident management teams (IMT). Considerable progress has been made in developing teams that can manage incidents on the North Slope. Despite this progress, recent agency concern has been raised over the lack of IMT progress on lessons learned from one mutual aid drill (MAD) to another. A review of North Slope MAD critiques shows patterns in agency comments on North Slope IMTs. On the other hand, North Slope tactical teams generally obtain good reviews. A comparison of training programs amongst IMT, Fire, and Spill Response departments shows a discrepancy in the training programs for IMT and Tactical Teams. Tactical Teams have a much more diverse and specific training curriculum than the IMT. This discrepancy seems to remain after a comparison of typical North Slope IMT training to national agency IMT training programs. For the IMT to progress beyond the current plateau, a training program more balanced between specific ICS activities and general IMT/ICS processes needs to be achieved. The recently proposed NS IMT training protocol would go a long way to achieving this balance. |
