Page 11 - Suncor 360 - Summer 2016

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In any disaster, minutes can feel like an eternity. Yet by the time the threat had passed and people began to return to Fort McMurray, five weeks had gone by in a blur. Here is the timeline of events, and the major milestones that transpired each day.
JUNE 1
• Staged re-entry into the community begins • Bus transportation provided after shift for displaced workers to visit their homes in
ONGOING
• Recovery Steering Committee continues providing support for long-term recovery of community; Suncor participates on industry, Regional Municipality of
Wood Buffalo, and provincial recovery task forces
JUNE 15
• Temporary commuting arrangement ends
JUNE 13
• Fire status changed from out of control to held • Suncor Business Centre of cially re-opens
• Majority of Suncor employees in the RMWB
back to regular schedules and locations
JUNE 10
• Fort McMurray Airport re-opens
Fort McMurray
MAY 26
• Firebag back in operation
• Suncor provides ights back
to region for those picking up a vehicle left at Suncor sites during evacuation
MAY 23
• Air quality good at all sites • Remobilization of essential staff begins at Base Plant
MAY 24
• Syncrude assets restart
• 2,800 displaced employees dial in
for Suncor town hall
MAY 20
• Remobilization of essential staff begins at Fort Hills
• Suncor Recovery Steering Committee begins planning for long-term recovery into the region
JUNE 3
• Calgary RMT stands down • East Tank Farm operations circulating in hot bit mode
JUNE 2
• Meals available at Base Plant lodges for displaced Suncor employees on shift
• Remobilization begins at MacKay River
MAY 27
• Phased remobilization begins
JUNE 6
JUNE 30
• Suncor bus shuttle between town and site resumes
• Provincial state of emergency ends