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U.S. Coast guard Atlantic strike team

U.S. Coast guard Atlantic strike team. CDR Richard J. Schultz Caribbean Regional Response Team Commanding Officer Meeting 8 – 10 November, 2011 San Juan, Puerto Rico. Any Time. World’s Best responders. Any Place. Any Hazard. Alaska. Hawaii.

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U.S. Coast guard Atlantic strike team

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  1. U.S. Coast guard Atlantic strike team CDR Richard J. Schultz Caribbean Regional Response Team Commanding Officer Meeting 8 – 10 November, 2011 San Juan, Puerto Rico

  2. Any Time World’s Best responders Any Place Any Hazard

  3. Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico • Over 200 Active Duty and Reserve Elements of the national strike force EPA Regions

  4. National Response Framework (NRF) • “Special Team” • “Develop and provide highly trained and experienced personnel and specialized equipment to Coast Guard and other federal Incident Commanders under the National Contingency Plan (NCP) and the National Response Framework (NRF)” National Strike Force Mission What We Do • Incident Command / Response Management Support • Oil and Hazardous Chemical Response • WMD Response including Radiological and Bio-Terrorism incidents • Preparedness Exercise & Event Planning Support

  5. NSF CSTs HMRU EPA RERT CBIRF NSF Response Standards Response Policy • 24/7, 365 recall status • 4 members dispatched immediately • 10-person Hazmat Team and Heavy equipment on the road/in air within 6 hours • Can call on other Strike Teams (PST or GST) for additional support Interoperability • Law Enforcement / Emergency Management • State / Federal Agencies • Military (Including National Guard Civil Support Teams) • Can Advise/Recommend Additional Federal Specialized Resources When Needed CST: Civil Support Team NSF: National Strike Force HMRU: Hazardous Materials Response Unit CBIRF: Chemical Biological Response Force EPA RERT Radiological Emergency Response Team International Deployments

  6. NSF/Strike Teams Case Load Average Case Loads • 35-40 cases per team • 60% Chemical Responses • 40% Oil Responses • Personnel average: • 140+ days deployed per year 3600+ Deployment Days in 2010

  7. Vessels • HAZMAT Response /Incident Command Trailers • Flood Operations • Detection • Oil Equipment

  8. Aircraft Load Outs Major Systems • VOSS • Boom Reels • Large Pump Loads • Level “A” Hazmat Trailer • Flood Response Trailer • Boats 18’ & less • MICP (*C-5 loadable) • * all C-130 Aircraft loadable

  9. Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System (VOSS) • Dispersant use monitoring • Offshore Boom • In-situ burn monitoring Oil Spill Response

  10. MODU Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Responses • April 2010 to present – Gulf of Mexico / Gulf coast Enbridge Energy Pipeline Break • EPA Region 5 on 27 July 2010 for response in Marshall, Michigan • 30” pipeline rupture spilling crude oil • Estimated 850,000 gallons of oil impacting approx 30 miles of river and shoreline

  11. Capital Terminal Spill – E. Providence, RI • Tug WM McAllister – Port Douglass, NY • Sunk in Lake Champlain since 1963 • Potential of containing over 10,000 gallons of oil • Hovensa Oil Refinery – St. Croix, USVI • Oil mist and hydrogen sulfide releases • Impacts to homes and environment • Drinking water cistern sampling • Community outreach OIL SPILL RESPONSES • Oil pipeline damaged • Potential release of 108,000 gal

  12. Weapons of Mass Destruction Biological Agents HAZMAT / WMD Response Chemical Agents Radiological Agents

  13. U. S. Capitol Incidents Anthrax & Ricin Threats • Anthrax: (Oct 17, 2001) Hart Senate Office Bldg • Ricin: (Feb 3, 2004) Dirksen Senate Office Bldg • Hazard Mitigation • Hazmat Containers: Crowley Barge Grounding-Virginia Beach, VA • Denatured ethanol: M/T Sichem Defiance- NY Harbor • Sulfur Mustard Gas: F/V ESS Pursuit – New Bedford, MA • Fuel oil: CAPECO Fuel Facility Fire – Bayamon, Puerto Rico HAZMAT / WMD Responses

  14. National Special Security Events (NSSE) • Natural Disaster Responses NSSE/STAFFORD RESPONSES • Tropical Storm Lee – Binghampton, NY – oil/hazmat assessment • Hurricane Irene – Vermont/New Hampshire – oil/hazmat assessment and contractor oversight • G20 Summit – Pittsburg, PA • United Nations General Assembly - New York, NY • Presidential Address – Washington, DC • Presidential Inauguration – Washington, DC

  15. CDR Richard Schultz Commanding Officer LCDR David Reinhard Executive Officer LT Joel Ferguson Operations Officer Office: (609) 724-0008 http://www.uscg.mil/hq/nsfweb/ Points of Contact Atlantic Strike Team

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