• Combined emergency preparedness and operations for safe personnel transport to offshore locations 

      Brachner, Markus; Hvattum, Lars Magnus (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-03-19)
      Long distances, sparse infrastructure, and adverse environmental conditions make the offshore emergency preparedness system in the High North a big and yet unsolved challenge. This applies in particular to the personnel transport between onshore bases and offshore facilities, which is usually conducted by helicopters. One of the issues to be solved is the sufficient coverage with emergency response ...
    • RescUSim and IPython : an environment for offshore emergency preparedness planning 

      Brachner, Markus; Hvattum, Lars Magnus (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-11-22)
      Emergency preparedness is crucial for oil and gas operators. While accidents in this industry are commonly connected to oil spill disasters, helicopter accidents are, in terms of incidence rates, a more grave concern in Norway. A recent helicopter accident near Bergen has brought this subject back into focus. We introduce RescUSim, a simulator for rescue missions after offshore helicopter accidents, ...
    • A Simulation Model to Evaluate an Emergency Response System for Offshore Helicopter Ditches 

      Brachner, Markus (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-12-06)
      A simulation model that supports the planning of an offshore emergency response system is presented. This model is based on official guidelines for offshore preparedness and can be used to evaluate different designs of an emergency system in respect to quantity, performance and location of Search-and-Rescue helicopters by modeling the coverage of the area under consideration. The model is ...