Major oil spills such as that which recently occurred in the Gulf of Mexico have the potential to damage our way of life. Immediate response by trained personnel is necessary to minimize the damage to the environment.
Oil Spill Response is a 5-part training series that provides important health and safety information for clean-up workers. Created with the assistance of the US Coast Guard, this series examines all recognized clean-up technologies and emphasizes waste management techniques. It is used worldwide by the US Coast Guard and some 500 other organizations. It is ideal as a crash course ot meet OSHA and USCG regulations.
Series includes five programs with two hours of video plus Leader's Guide that outlines a course of instruction. Available as five DVDs or Video on Demand. For VOD, click the purple Streaming button above.
About Initial Response
- Activities to take before the spill arrives
- How spills commonly occur
- Factors to consider during the response
- Different types of oils, including gasoline, jet fuel, naphtha, gasoline, diesel fuels, asphalt, and crude oil
- Hazards associated with oil during the different phases of the spill, including fire risk, toxicity, mechanical dangers, and environmental threats.
- Agencies to be notified of a spill
- Factors that affect spill behavior
- Site control
- Responder safety
- Incident management. 28 minutes
About Countermeasures on Land
- The ecological impact of oil spills on land and along the shoreline
- Contingency plans
- Control activities and spill countermeasures:
low and high pressure washing, sand blasting, soil washing, physical removal, mechanical removal, vacuum pumping, use of sorbents, degradation and bioremediation.
- Potential impact of treatment methods
- Safety precautions
- How land spills behave
- Preparing for an approaching spill
- How intrusive clean-up methods can delay natural recovery
- The special problems of shoreline clean-up. 28 minutes
About Countermeasures on Water
- The factors that challenge responders to water spills, including weather, wind, sea conditions, and currents.
- How oil weathers when spilled on water
- Resources for enlisting aid
- Tracking spills to predict ecological impact
- Managing the response effort
- Countermeasures, including booms and barriers, skimming, herding, absorbents, in situ burning, chemical treatment (dispersants and gelling agents), and bioremediation
- Safety precautions
- Dealing with contaminated wildlife. 28 minutes
About Waste Management
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Handling recovered oil and other hazardous wastes resulting form the clean-up effort
- Waste management priorities: eliminating the waste, reducing the amount of waste, recycling the waste, treating the waste, and disposing of the waste
- Standards waste oil must meet for recycling
- Temporary storage options for bulk oil
- Oil/water separation
- Vacuum trucks.
- Extracting emulsions
- Disposal and reclamation. 22 minutes
About ICS & Unified Command
- Explains how a single organizational structure is formed through the mutual agreement of cooperative agencies
- Who the key players in the response will be and the responsibilities of each
- How resources are integrated successfully. 28 minutes.
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Items In Series
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An overview of factors to consider during the response to an oil spill.
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Focuses on the ecological impact of oil spills on land and along the shoreline as well as countermea... read more
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Studies the factors that challenge response to water spills
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A very important part of managing the response to an oil spill is handling recovered oil and other h... read more
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Teaches how the diverse public and private agencies who respond to an oil spill share and manage res... read more
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Lt. Mike DrieuCDR Mike Drieu has served in the Coast Guard marine safety program since 1986 as pollution investigator and responder, boarding officer, marine inspector, investigating officer, and Incident Command System (ICS) instructor both oversees and domestica... more... |
Brian FayBrian has 22 years experience with Clean Harbors, having worked up from laborer through the ranks to his current position as Field Operation Manager. He has worked on several major marine responses, including Refinia Texaco in Panama; Union Oil Co. i... more... |
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Stephan Phillip Glenn, Cdr. GlennStephan Phillip (Phil) Glenn, CDR USCG, Retired Commander Stephan P. Glenn is President and Administrative Director of Clean Channel Association (CCA). CCA is a non-profit corporation, which provides a cooperative response to large oil or chemical sp... more... |
Joe LeonardLCDR Joe Leonard is the Chief of the Response Department for the Coast Guard's Marine Safety Unit Galveston, Texas. He is responsible for all emergency response and homeland security activities for the Ports of Galveston, Texas City and Freeport.
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Jim O'BrienJames L. O'Brien has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of O'Brien's Oil Pollution Service, Inc. since 1983. He is a former officer in the U.S. Coast Guard, where he was involved with pollution response, including an assignment as the lea... more... |
Greg NollGreg is a senior partner in Hildebrand Noll Associates, a consulting firm specializing in emergency planning, response and incident management issues. He serves as the Program Manager for the South Central Pennsylvania Regional Counter-Terrorism Task... more... |
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Capt. Frank WhippleCaptain Whipple had a 28-year tenure with the US Coast Guard and now is President of Amergent Techs office in Los Angeles/Long Beach. He is former head of the US Coast Guard's Pacific Region headquarters, Maritime Safety, Security and Environmental R... more... |
Ed WieliczewskiA graduate of the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut Ed has been involved in the media affairs, pollution response, environmental safety and contingency planning for over 15 years. As the public information officer for the Coast Guard's 1... more... |
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Mayhem on the MaumeeTerrorists hijack a ship on Lake Erie and under cover of darkness head for the Maumee River – their target the city of Toledo. The Coast Guard responds, but without an assault vessel immediately available, they are unable to stop the ship until it ra... more... |
Clean-up at Deepwater oil spillPresident Obama has called it "a massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster." Clean-up of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will likely take years. more... |
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Series Description
