Start Spill Response Training By: NorthWest Response Ltd. Ray Hollenberg, RPBio.
Overview of Assessment - Spill Assessment Source Product Size / Volume - Safety Assessment Personal Protection Fire/ Explosive Risk Site Security
Overview of Assessment - Environment Assessment Air Water Ground
Chemical Characteristics - Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) - Materials Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) Flash Point: The temperature at which a product will emit sufficient vapours that could ignite. - Gasoline (-40oC) - Diesel (40oC) - Lube Oil (80oC) - Rule of Thumb - Diesel on Water Evaporation - into the atmosphere Dispersion - over the water surface Dissolved - into the water column
Legal - Reportable Spills Reporting Regulations - Provincial - Federal - Due Diligence: Prevention Impact Reduction
Safety - Recognizing Hazards - Buddy System - Protective Equipment - Monitoring Equipment - Site Security - Decontamination
Initial Action - Stop the spill At Source If Safe - Notification Notify Supervisor Notify PEP - Contain the spill Water Land
Field Exercise: Containment Tarp -Short Term -Initial Action -Tarp & Cross Beam -Narrow Creek / Ditch
Field Exercise: Culvert Block -Short Term -Initial Action -Plywood
Field Exercise: Underflow Containment -Long Term -Monitoring -Ditch / Run-off -Sandbags, Tarp & Pipe
Field Exercise: Underflow Containment -3 Methods -Vortex Prevention -Air Trap & Open Vent
Field Exercise: Exclusion Boom -Containment Booms -Sorbent Booms -Logs -Tarps
Field Exercise: Boom Containment -Back-eddy Containment -“J” Containment -Log Containment
Field Exercise: Land Spills -Small vs. Large -Perimeter Assessment -Recovery Pits -Interceptor Trench -Soil Treatment
Disposal -Burner -Secure Landfill -Soil Treatment
Spill Equipment Overview -Truck Kits -Shop Kits -Spill Trailers
End Spill Response Training By: NorthWest Response Ltd. Ray Hollenberg, RPBio.