LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TRIBAL EQUIPMENT CACHING IN WASHINGTON STATE

摘要

During the 2006 Legislative session, the Washington Department of Ecology received $1.45 million to pre-stage oil spill response equipment throughout the state.rnIn the event of a spill, this equipment can be rapidly mobilized and deployed for spill containment or to protect local resources.rnEquipment caches are customized for each recipient. Available equipment includes storage trailers, boom vanes, containment boom, anchor systems, navigation lights, adsorbent materials, responder protective clothing, and safety and decontamination equipment. Recipients also receive equipment familiarization training with their mutual aid response agencies.rnEligible recipients include local government public agencies, such as Counties, Fire and Police Departments, Port Districts, Public Utility Districts, Emergency Management Departments, and Tribes.rnGrant are awarded based on: substantial threat of an oil spill, resources that will be protected, recipient's ability and willingness to deploy the equipment, proximity of nearby response equipment, and partnerships with other agencies.rnAs of March 2007, Ecology and its contractor, Global Diving and Salvage have:rn1. Delivered equipment to 36 of 60 recipients.rn2. Pre-staged 47 of 97 equipment caches.rn3. Pre-staged 32,600' of 52,600' of containment boomrn4. Trained approximately 400 of 1,000 first responders.rnEquipment delivery and training will be completed by June 2007.rnThis equipment has been used to avert potentially devastating spills. Examples of successful use of the pre-staged response equipment include:rn1. The City of Gig Harbor initiated a spill response by deploying containment boom and adsorbent materials at the Peninsula Yatch Basin Marina when a vessel carrying 200 gallons ofdiesel caught fire.rn2. Tacoma's Fire and Police Departments deployed adsorbent materials when a vessel sank at the Delin Docks Marina on the Thea Foss Waterway.rn3. The San Juan DEM and the Island Oil Spill Association established a protection zone with containment boom during the raising of the sunken F/V Stanley.