October - Harley Marine Services, Inc.
October - Harley Marine Services, Inc.
October - Harley Marine Services, Inc.
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<strong>Harley</strong> <strong>Marine</strong> <strong>Services</strong><br />
Safe, Responsible, Reliable, Efficient<br />
<strong>October</strong> 2012<br />
<strong>Harley</strong> <strong>Marine</strong> <strong>Services</strong> Conducts<br />
Triennial Worst Case Drill<br />
By: Andre Nault<br />
On September 10 th and<br />
11 th , <strong>Harley</strong> <strong>Marine</strong><br />
<strong>Services</strong> performed their<br />
triennial worst-case spill drill in<br />
California. The drill was held at <strong>Harley</strong> <strong>Marine</strong>’s new<br />
marine facility at LA Pier 301 on Terminal Island in Los<br />
Angeles Harbor. The exercise lasted two days, the first<br />
day included <strong>Inc</strong>ident Command Refresher Training and<br />
development of an ICS 201, which was used to commence<br />
the drill on the second day. Day two was an all day table<br />
top exercise in which <strong>Harley</strong> <strong>Marine</strong> employees, including<br />
Spill Response Team members, as well as various agency<br />
and vendor company representatives responded to a<br />
mock spill scenario designed to test the response<br />
capabilities of the company to meet State of CA<br />
requirements as a spill plan holder.<br />
The training and drill included HMS personnel from Los<br />
Angeles, Alameda, Seattle, Portland, New York, and<br />
Houston. Other drill participants included <strong>Harley</strong><br />
<strong>Marine</strong>’s spill response management team, O’Briens<br />
Response Management, our oil spill response<br />
organization, MSRC, and star contractors such as Patriot<br />
Environmental <strong>Services</strong>, SoCal Ship <strong>Services</strong>, and Double<br />
Barrel Environmental <strong>Services</strong>. Additionally, our salvage<br />
contractor, Resolve <strong>Marine</strong> Group, our legal team from<br />
Keesal, Young and Logan, our insurance carrier from<br />
Thomas Miller/UK Club, and our marine surveyors from<br />
Duncan/Shoemaker attended the drill to provide their<br />
professional input.<br />
Agency representatives from the United States Coast<br />
Guard, CA Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill<br />
Prevention and Response, and CA Department of Finance<br />
also attended the tabletop drill.<br />
The drill was highly praised by the Federal and State on<br />
scene representatives and evaluators. The training and<br />
drill were a useful learning experience for all HMS<br />
participants, continuing to keep the emergency spill<br />
management team sharp. Thank you to all who attended<br />
and helped make the drill a success.<br />
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