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Oil Spill Response Series
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- DVD (VHS avail.)
This five-program series provides comprehensive training to help meet OPA 90 and HAZWOPER requirements.
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Major oil spills capture the attention of the public when they occur, but it is the smaller spills that occur much more frequently. Any size spill has the potential to cause problems, not only for the environment but for the people who live in the area and for personnel who respond to clean up the spill. These responders are responsible for preventing ignition of the spill, stopping the flow of oil, limiting the environmental impact, and removing and properly disposing of the waste in a safe manner.
The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 requires plants, ports and carriers to prepare contingency plans for response to unplanned oil spills. "Oil Spill Response," a five-title series, is designed to provide training to personnel who are called upon to control and clean up oil spills.
Part One of Oil Spill Response is "Initial Response." This program discusses how spills commonly occur, and provides an overview of factors to consider during the response. It studies the different types of oils, including gasoline, jet fuel, naphtha, gasoline, diesel fuels, asphalt, and crude oil, and talks about the hazards associated with oil during the different phases of the spill, including fire risk, toxicity, mechanical dangers, and environmental threats. (25 min)
The second part of the series, "Countermeasures on Land," focuses on the ecological impact of oil spills on land and along the shoreline. It explains the basic elements of a contingency plan, and covers control activities and spill countermeasures for land spills, including low and high pressure washing, sand blasting, soil washing, physical removal, mechanical removal, vacuum pumping, use of sorbents, degradation and bioremediation. (28 min)
Program three of Oil Spill Response is "Countermeasures On Water." This film studies the factors that challenge responders to water spills, including weather, wind, sea conditions, and currents. It examines how oil weathers when spilled on water, and what factors affect the weathering rate. (28 min)
A very important part of managing the response to an oil spill is handling recovered oil and other hazardous wastes resulting form the clean-up effort. This is the topic of the fourth title in the series, "Waste Management." This program outlines waste management priorities: eliminating the waste, reducing the amount of waste, recycling the waste, treating the waste, and disposing of the waste. It also discusses standards waste oil must meet for recycling, temporary storage options for bulk oil, oil/water separation, and use of vacuum trucks. (22 min)
When a spill occurs, many agencies will become involved in the response, from local fire departments, to private professional clean-up organizations, to multiple state and federal agencies. A good response management response system is necessary to blend these diverse agencies together into an effective, cohesive response team. This is a unified command response. The final program in the Oil Spill Response series explains how a single organizational structure is formed through the mutual agreement of cooperative agencies. (24 min)
A Leader’s Guide is included with the series purchase which provides supplementary information about the topic of oil spill response, offers suggestions for field activities and drills, and includes excerpts from the Shoreline Countermeasures Manual from the Federal Region III Response Team.
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