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Fertilizers India • 1 plant Deployed 2024 Anonymised

Evacuation drill participation reached 100%.

A nitrogen-fertilizer plant deployed Drona VR Emergency Evacuation modules to rehearse ammonia leak response. Drill participation reached 100% within one quarter. Time-to-muster improved measurably.

Fertilizers deployment
EVACUATION • Ammonia response
100%
Drill participation
~25%
Time-to-muster improvement
PESO
Aligned
Monthly
Rehearsal cadence established
The challenge

Annual evacuation drills had low participation. Real ammonia leak response was untested.

// CUSTOMER

Indian nitrogen fertilizer plant

Indian nitrogen fertilizer plant. Hundreds of operators across ammonia, urea, and packaging units.

Annual drills disrupted production. Participation was low. Operators had not rehearsed ammonia-specific response in years.

The Drona solution

Module deployed: Emergency Evacuation.

// MODULE

Emergency Evacuation

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Drona VR Emergency Evacuation module configured with plant-specific routes, muster points, and ammonia response. Monthly rehearsal cycle without production disruption.

Implementation

Deployment timeline.

Week 1–2

Plant layout mapping

Routes, muster points, and ammonia response mapped to module.

Week 3–4

Module build

Plant-specific scenarios configured.

Week 5–6

Pilot

Ammonia unit operators completed first cycle.

Week 7+

Monthly cadence

Plant-wide monthly rehearsal cycle.

Results

Numbers from 90 days post-deployment.

100%

Drill participation.

Every operator participated within first quarter of monthly cadence.

~25%

Time-to-muster.

Average time-to-muster improved 25% across drill cycles.

PESO

Compliance documentation.

Per-learner records met PESO documentation expectations.

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Production disruption.

Monthly cadence achieved without unit shutdowns.

Annual evacuation drills had become theatre. Monthly Drona rehearsal makes it real.

Plant Head • Fertilizer plant • Anonymised
Lessons

Three takeaways from this deployment.

// LESSON 01

Drill cadence is the lever.

Annual drills do not build reflex. Monthly does. VR makes monthly feasible.

// LESSON 02

Plant-specific routes matter.

Generic evacuation content did not produce the same engagement as plant-specific routes.

// LESSON 03

Ammonia plants need ammonia drills.

Industry-generic safety drills miss substance-specific protocols.

Train fertilizers for the work where mistakes are audit findings.

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