Location

Integrated Simulator Complex

Objectives

• • Focusing on the essential support functions included in the incident command system.• Familiarization with the definitions of the on-scene commander’s responsibilities, management of sea operations, types of countermeasures (their deployment and configurations) and other aspects related to responding to oil spills. • Training on deployment of real oil spill combating equipment.

Outcomes

• Handling and operation of oil spill combating equipment.• Awareness of the on-scene commander’s responsibilities and duties as well as different oil spill response options.

Course Contents

• Overview of Spill Response• Behavior and Fate of Oil Spills• National Oil Spill Contingency Plan• Incident Command System• Sensitivity Mapping• Environmental and Economic Impact of Oil Spills• Safety at the Spill Site• Containment Booms• Oil Skimmers• Chemical Dispersants• Oil Spill Response Options• Spill Assessment• Liability and Compensation• Oily Waste Management• Communications and Information Sharing• Shoreline Clean-up• Termination of Response• Geospatial Information Technology in Maritime Pollution• Manual drawing of oil spill trajectory • Practical sessions for deployment of various kinds of oil spill combating equipment at the training site