UMC
Fire Brigade
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| UMC pays special attention
to its emergency fire response and prevention measures, as its
procedures completely differ from traditional fire control measures.
This is due to the unique properties found in a semiconductor
fab, which include complex gas and water piping, chemical transmission,
and the airtight environment of the cleanroom. |
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| UMC Fire Brigade |
UMC
established a hi-tech fire brigade in April 1994, becoming
the only corporation in Taiwan's electronics industry
to own its own fire department. The fire brigade is
under the jurisdiction of the GRM&ESH Division and
consists of 118 members, including 10 full-time employees
and 108 voluntary firefighters. The majority of the
members have master degrees. This is the highest quality
rescue team in Taiwan.
Voluntary fire fighters come from the ESH departments
of all fabs, the Facility Engineering Department and
the Equipment Resource Department. Employees from the
Equipment Resource Department account for 40% of the
voluntary fire fighters, and are the strength of the
team. Voluntary fire fighters dedicate themselves to
their daily work, but during emergencies they can rapidly
mobilize for action. |
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| Training for Professional
Skills
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| Advanced
Rescue Equipment |
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UMC fire brigade is among one of the top fire brigades
in Taiwan in terms of its equipment and training.The UMC
fire brigade is equipped with thermal vision helmets,
which enable fire fighters to rapidly search for and extinguish
the source of fire in a smoked-filled room. Moreover,
UMC also adopts an internally developed mobile spray sprinkler
system in its cleanrooms and high-risk areas. This system
possesses several advantages such as zero pollution, conservative
water use, portability, etc. The patented system is the
first in Taiwan to adopt spray sprinklers in its use.
UMC's high performance chemical fire fighting truck is
equipped with leading-edge rescue equipment to quickly
and effectively respond to accidents and perform rescues.
It also serves as the mobile command center. UMC's fire
brigade owns state-of-the-art rescue equipment such as
high temperature chemical protection suits, lifesaving
devices, flame detectors, cylinder gas leakage treatment
trucks, sealing equipment for liquid chemical leaks, and
others. |
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| Social Responsibility of
UMC Fire Brigade |
In
addition to internal training and education, UMC offers
large scale external training and rescue services. UMC
assisted in rescue operations for major disasters in Taiwan,
including emergency situations at the Taiwan Power Company
Long-Song substation, WSMC, XAC Automation Corp., Powerchip
Semiconductor Corp., Fu-Guo Chemical, Lite-On IT corporation,
Motech and UTAC. Fires in the hi-tech industry invariably
face highly complex circumstances that involve chemicals,
special gasses and airtight clean rooms. Therefore, UMC's
fire brigade sends its members abroad to receive additional
specialized rescue training in the United States, Austria
and Singapore. UMC also cooperates with several local
fire bureaus for on-site training, practice on training
equipment, instructor training and rescue skills. In addition
to aiming for a "zero-accident" goal, UMC hopes
to improve overall social awareness on safety and accident-prevention.
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| UMC Fire
Brigade was chosen by the Environmental Protection Administration
as the designated support unit for toxic/chemical accidents.
UMC believes that the efforts spent in emergency response
will reassure our customers and shareholders of our commitment
to safety and productivity. |
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