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Sacramento, CA 95811
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Drills & Exercises Calendars
- In-State Calendar (PDF)
The OSPR In-State Calendar is a schedule of all upcoming oil spill table top exercises and equipment deployment drills, applicable training and other events, to be used by plan holders, local government agencies and other stakeholders, as well as other OSPR units. The Calendar is updated weekly - Out-of-State Calendar (PDF)
The OSPR Out-of-State Calendar is a schedule of all upcoming oil spill table top exercises conducted outside the state of California. The Calendar is updated as necessary. - Drills and Exercises Feedback Survey, OSPR 1968 (PDF) - This survey is being conducted by the Drills and Exercises Unit of the Office of Spill Prevention and Response. The purpose of the survey is to solicit comments regarding the Drills and Exercises program to identify areas where spill response has improved due to efforts of the program and where future improvements might be made. It can be viewed as an evaluation of the Unit tasked with ensuring the readiness of statewide pollution response capabilities through participation in drills and exercises.
Objectives to be exercised during an exercise or spill:
- (1) Notifications
- (2) Staff mobilization
- (3.1) Unified Command
- (3.1.1) Federal Representation
- (3.1.2) State Representation
- (3.1.3) Local Representation
- (3.1.4) Responsible Party Representation
- (3.2) Response Management System
- (3.2.1) Operations
- (3.2.2) Planning
- (3.2.3.) Logistics
- (3.2.4) Finance
- (3.2.5) Public Affairs
- (3.2.6) Safety Affairs
- (3.2.7) Legal Affairs
- (4) Source Control
- (4.1) Vessel Emergency Services
- (4.2) Firefighting
- (4.3) Lightering
- (4.4) Other Vessel Emergency Services
- (5) Assessment
- (6) Containment
- (7) Recovery
- (7.1) On-water Recovery
- (7.2) Shore-based Recovery
- (8) Protection
- (8.1) Protective Booming
- (8.2) Water Intake Protection
- (8.3) Wildlife Recovery and Rehabilitation
- (8.4) Population Protection
- (9) Disposal
- (10) Communications
- (10.1) Internal Communications
- (10.2) External Communications
- (11) Transportation
- (11.1) Land Transportation
- (11.2) Waterborne Transportation
- (11.3) Airborne Transportation
- (12) Personnel Support
- (12.1) Management
- (12.3) Messing
- (12.2) Berthing
- (12.4) Operational/Administrative Spaces
- (12.5) Emergency Procedures
- (13) Equipment Maintenance and Support
- (13.1) Response Equipment
- (13.2) Response Equipment (Support)
- (14) Procurement
- (14.1) Personnel
- (14.2) Response Equipment
- (14.3) Support Equipment
- (15) Documentation
California-specific objectives:
- (CA1) Situation Unit
- (CA2) Resource Unit
- (CA3) Environmental Unit
- (CA4) Resources at Risk Technical Specialist
- (CA5) Liaison Officer
- (CA6) Dispersants
- (CA7) In-situ Burning
- (CA8) Bioremediation
- (CA9) Waste Management
Page Last Updated: April 26, 2011



