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Emergency alarm tests to sound at Fawley oil refinery - BBC News

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An oil refinery site with multiple tall chimneys and numerous large round containers with green fields on its outskirts.

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Emergency alarm tests scheduled at ExxonMobil Fawley oil refinery

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Residents near the ExxonMobil Fawley oil refinery in Hampshire are being warned about upcoming annual emergency alarm tests. The COMAH alarms are scheduled to sound at 14:30 and 19:00 BST on Tuesday, featuring a two-tone warble followed by an all-clear tone. The refinery has stated that no action is required from local residents during the test.

Key points

  • Annual emergency alarm tests will sound at the ExxonMobil Fawley oil refinery near Southampton.
  • Tests are scheduled for 14:30 and 19:00 BST on Tuesday.
  • The COMAH alarm will sound as a two-tone warble for about one minute, followed by a single all-clear tone.
  • ExxonMobil confirmed that residents need to take no action.
  • The COMAH alarm has never been activated for a real emergency during the refinery's more than 70 years of operation.
  • The 3,250-acre Fawley complex employs about 2,500 staff and contractors and opened in 1951.
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