Practical training of intervention and rescue personnel in toxic / explosive environments within Rompetrol Petromidia Năvodari

¹ National Institute for Research and Development in Mine Safety and Protection to Explosion – INSEMEX Petroșani, Romania
² Technical Sciences Academy of Romania

^* Corresponding author: cosmin.ilie@insemex.ro

Abstract

The rescuer's performance falls into the "hard work" category, in terms of the effort expended, far exceeding the average global labor consumption of the worker at the active work fronts. This character of hard work is also imprinted by the fact that the professional effort contains several static components and large-amplitude oscillations, regarding the level of maximum efforts expended. The longer their duration, the harder the work. Training is a physiological training process through which an increased efficiency is obtained in the professional activity of the rescuers. The increased efficiency is obtained by raising the functional capacity of the body to the highest level. The paper presents the evolution of labor consumption, physiological parameters, as well as the structuring of the physical effort of the intervention and rescue personnel within the process of their practical training in Rompetrol Petromidia, with the aim of preparing the intervention and rescue formations for situations close to real ones. The activity within Rompetrol Petromidia is carried out under special conditions, created as a result of possible breakdowns that may lead to exceeding the concentrations of toxic or asphyxiating gases established by legislation, which endanger the personnel or material assets existing within the organization.