Transcript World’s Best responders

U.S. COAST GUARD ATLANTIC STRIKE TEAM
CDR Richard J. Schultz
Commanding Officer
Caribbean Regional Response Team
Meeting
8 – 10 November, 2011
San Juan, Puerto Rico
WORLD’S BEST RESPONDERS
Any Time
Any Place
Any Hazard
Over 200 Active Duty and Reserve
Alaska
Fort Dix, NJ
PST
Novato, CA
NSFCC
Elizabeth City, NC
Hawaii
GST
Mobile, AL
Puerto Rico
EPA Regions
ELEMENTS OF THE NATIONAL STRIKE FORCE
AST
•“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)”
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
NATIONAL STRIKE FORCE MISSION
National Response Framework (NRF)
RESPONSE POLICY
NSF Response Standards
• 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
NSF
CSTs
HMRU
CBIRF
EPA RERT
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
• Law Enforcement / Emergency Management
• State / Federal Agencies
• Military
(Including National Guard Civil Support Teams)
• Can Advise/Recommend Additional Federal
Specialized Resources When Needed
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
Flood Operations
Detection
HAZMAT Response /Incident Command Trailers
Oil
EQUIPMENT
Vessels
• 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
AIRCRAFT LOAD OUTS
Major Systems
Offshore Boom
Dispersant use monitoring
In-situ burn monitoring
OIL SPILL RESPONSE
Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System (VOSS)
OIL SPILL RESPONSES
MODU Deepwater Horizon
•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
•Oil pipeline damaged
•Potential release of 108,000 gal
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
Capital Terminal Spill – E. Providence, RI
Biological Agents
Chemical Agents
Radiological Agents
HAZMAT / WMD RESPONSE
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Hazard Mitigation
Anthrax: (Oct 17, 2001) Hart Senate Office Bldg
Ricin: (Feb 3, 2004) Dirksen Senate Office Bldg
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
U. S. Capitol Incidents Anthrax & Ricin Threats
Natural Disaster 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
NSSE/STAFFORD RESPONSES
National Special Security Events (NSSE)
Atlantic Strike Team
CDR Richard Schultz
Commanding Officer
POINTS OF CONTACT
LCDR David Reinhard
Executive Officer
LT Joel Ferguson
Operations Officer
Office: (609) 724-0008
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/nsfweb/
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