Team,

We will be moving all Suncor and contractor personal out of the area today / tomorrow, with an emphasis on getting it done today.  Please share this information, forward this email, to your contractors.  There will be NO MSS essential people held back for maintenance – ALL MSS people will be leaving the region.

 

Lodges will be moved in this order

1.       Wapasu
2.       Grey Wolf
3.       Barge Landing
4.       McClelland
5.       Robson
6.       Logan

 

You will be transported to the Fire bag Aerodrome where you will load onto a plane and go to Edmonton.

IF you need to get to Calgary, there will be a coach to get you there.

 

All existing itineraries are cancelled, it will be a load and go operation similar to the previous evacuation.

You will arrive, show any ID (Suncor badge is best), get on the plane, and leave. 

 

We have Suncor managers at all lodges to communication this information. 

 

Thanks,

Christina Ellerbeck

Director Maintenance Support Services

May 17 update on fire and operations in Wood Buffalo region

Update: 12:15 p.m.

Here is an update on the current situation:

 

Fire situation:

• West section of the fire crossed AOSTRA Road. It is currently located west of Highway 63 and west of our Base Plant operations.
• The north east section of the fire is expected to move east due to wind direction, therefore we expect the risk to Firebag to decrease.
• Weather continues to be an issue with low humidity and high temperatures in the mid-twenties.

 

Status of personnel: Base Plant, Firebag, MacKay River, East Tank Farm & Pipelines

• All personnel for Base Plant and MacKay River will be taken out of the region with the exception of a minimum number of Emergency Response and Security workers required to close our operations at Base Plant. Plans are in place for their relocation.
• Firebag will move to a minimum number of essential personnel. The remaining non-essential personnel will be taken out of the region.

 

Status of personnel: Fort Hills

• All Fort Hills personnel currently at site will remain at site today. Plans are being developed to shift change existing staff.
• Flights scheduled to fly workers in to Fort Hills on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday have been canceled until further notice and will be rescheduled when appropriate.
• The situation in the region continues to be closely monitored and plans are in place to safely and quickly evacuate personnel if needed.

 

Status of Operations: Base Plant, Firebag and MacKay River

• Completed an orderly shutdown of operations at MacKay River and Base Plant, including East Tank Farm

• Firebag currently shutdown and on hot standby.

 

Status of Operations: Fort Hills

• Fort Hills is currently at low fire risk
• Fort Hills continues to conduct operations activities and construction planning

 

Travel:

• Flights will continue to transport people out of the region.
• Bussing and out-bound flight schedules are currently being developed. We appreciate workers’ patience as we work through the logistics of relocating workers.

Travel on Highway 63 is restricted. The highway is reportedly closed at both the Suncor interchange and the Parsons Creek interchange. Driving personal vehicles out of the region is currently not recommended. Convoys to bus personnel out of the region are being controlled by the RCMP

Good Morning,

 

A Voluntary Evacuation Order was issued by Suncor at approximately 16:30 May 16^th.  At that point Suncor bussed employees at the camps and site north to the Fort Hills and the Wapisieu camps.

 

At approximately 22:30 The Government of Alberta issued a Mandatory Evacuation Order that extended from Fort McMurray to just south of Fort MacKay. This evacuation order does NOT include Fort MacKay, Athabasca Camp, and the Beaver River Camp, but all other Camps and Facilities south of this area must evacuate immediately. The Evacuation Order has extended north of Fort McMurray to just south of Fort MacKay. 

Below is a list of the Camps and Facilities which are affected by this evacuation order are: 

Syncrude Facilities South of Fort MacKay 
Suncor Facilities South of Fort MacKay 
Millennium 
Borealis 
Hudson 
Ruth Lake 
Mildred Lake 
West Ells 
Baseline 
MacKay River 
Black Sands Lodge 
Brion Energy – MacKay 
Grizzly Oilsands – Thickwood 
MacKay River Lodge on Aostra 
Marathon Oil – Birchwood 
Noralta 
Poplar Creek – also called Birch 
Southern Pacific – STP MacKay 
Sunshine Oil Sands – West Ells 

NOTE – There may be some camps and facilities missing from this list. Any camp South of Fort MacKay and the Athabasca Camp and Beaver River Camp and north of Fort McMurray must evacuate.

 

All Camps and Production Refineries North of Fort MCMurray and just south of Fort MacKay including Aostra Road are to evacuate immediately, and all evacuees are to head south on Highway 63 if possible. For a complete list of Camps and Facilities being evacuated go to the Alberta Emergency Alert Public Website.

 

We are working to communicate with all of our employees that are currently safe at Wabesiu, McClelland and Birch Landing camps. 

The evacuation order has not yet been lifted.  Suncor has indicated workers will remain in camp for the day and return to site only when it is safe to do so.

 

We will update you further once more information is made available.

 

 

Sincerely,

Ron Richards, Vice President

Good day Brothers and Sisters

Currently we have a number of companies that had started bring workers back to the Fort McMurray area with plans to have as much of the workforce back on site in the next few weeks. Unfortunately the situation in Northern Alberta has changed again and workers are again being removed from sites and camps across the North and being transported back to Edmonton and Calgary. Currently Local 110 has 168 Members that are in camps or being moved to evacuation points. Blacksands camp was evacuated with no injuries but the camp itself has been destroyed by fire.

The current camps that are being evacuated are:

• Syncrude Facilities South of Fort MacKay
• Suncor Facilities South of Fort MacKay
• Millennium
• Borealis
• Hudson
• Ruth Lake
• Mildred Lake
• West Ells
• Baseline
• MacKay River
• Black Sands Lodge
• Brion Energy – MacKay
• Grizzly Oilsands – Thickwood
• MacKay River Lodge on Aostra
• Marathon Oil – Birchwood
• Noralta
• Poplar Creek – also called Birch
• Southern Pacific – STP MacKay
• Sunshine Oil Sands – West Ells

Update: 5:30 p.m.

 

 

The safety of our people is our top priority.

 

At the direction of the Province, Suncor is moving workers from our MacKay River operations as well as lodges on the AOSTRA road to lodges north of that region. At this time, we are not relocating people from Base Plant, or the Borealis, Hudson or Millennium lodges.

 

Personnel who are being relocated will be relocated to a lodge at the Fort Hills site.

 

Instructions for personnel working at Base Plant and staying at a lodge along AOSTRA road are as follows:

 

Day shift (Base Plant)

• Personnel currently on day shift and staying at a lodge along AOSTRA road will catch a bus from site, for relocation to a lodge at Fort Hills.
• If you are expecting to travel home, bussing and flights are continuing.

 

Operations Night Shift (Base Plant)

• Collect your bag, check out of the lodge, board a bus to a lodge at Fort Hills.

 

Turnaround Night Shift (Base Plant)

• Collect your bag, check out of the lodge, board a bus. You will not report for your shift on site. You will be bused to a lodge at Fort Hills where you will check-in.

 

MacKay River

• All non-essential personnel will be moved to a lodge at Fort Hills.
• Essential personnel are conducting an orderly shutdown of MacKay River.

 

Assistance will be available at the lodges to direct personnel appropriately.

 

Air quality at Base Plant is being continuously monitored and remains good and below advisory levels; N95 dust masks are available for people if they have concerns, but both the particulate and Carbon Monoxide (CO) readings are within acceptable limits.

 

We understand this is a stressful situation, but we are prepared. The safety of our people remains our top priority.

We have a small amount of Scaffolders and Insulators on site now, assisting on bringing the plant online. There were meetings last week with the Turnaround group, they may be bringing on a limited workforce towards the end of the month. There are more meetings this week for the Maintenance outages and the other works on site. 

 

The limited workforce is due to the availability of camp rooms. Until people are allowed back in their homes, all personnel, for all sites, are staying in camp. 

 

We will update when we know more.

With the evacuation of all of the local residents from Ft Mcmurray, we would like to get some contact information as to their wherabouts. 

 

Could LOCAL RESIDENTS ONLY please email the following address. 

 

AlumafiresSCL@outlook.com 

 

 Please include the following information;

 

Name

Contact info (Phone number)

Where you are located now. (Calgary, Edmonton, Ontario etc)

Where you will be (quite a few are in transit)

When you will be available for work

 

Once again, we are looking for information for LOCAL RESIDENTS ONLY.

 

Thank you 

Good afternoon Brothers and Sisters,

The Government of Alberta has posted Debit Card Relief Funding information for Ft. McMurray Evacuees:

http://www.alberta.ca/emergency.cfm

Please note that many Ft. McMurray evacuees are "those most in need" – such as families in evac centres – and need this emergency assistance immediately. If you are able to wait a day or two before applying for your Ft. McMurray Debit Card Relief Funding, this will help "those most in need" to receive this emergency assistance as soon as possible.

In Solidarity,
Brother Kevin Lecht

Good afternoon Brothers and Sisters,

The Canadian Red Cross has posted Alberta Fire Evacuees emergency financial assistance information:

http://www.redcross.ca/about-us/newsroom/news-releases/latest-news/canadian-red-cross-to-give-alberta-fire-evacuees–50-million-in-immediate-financial-assistance

"Thanks to the generous outpouring of support from Canadians, Canadian Red Cross will provide immediate financial assistance totalling $50 million to more than 80,000 people displaced by the Alberta wildfires. Adult evacuees registered with Red Cross will receive $600 each and children will receive $300, so families and individuals can buy what they urgently need during this difficult time."  

In Solidarity,
Brother Kevin Lecht

Local 110 is sad to announce that Sister Brenda Burgess passed away on May 9, 2016.  Sister Brenda has been a long time Local 110 member since February 25,1980.

A Celebration of Life will be held Monday, May 16, 2016 at 10:00 am at the Glenwood Funeral Home, 52356 Range Road 232, Sherwood Park, AB.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Lung Cancer Research Foundation.

Local 110 Officers, Staff and Members extend sincere condolences to all of Sister Brenda’s family and friends.