ASTORIA, Ore. — The U.S. Coast Guard, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, other state and local agencies, along with Chevron Shipping and numerous pollution response and salvage companies and organizations participated in a major drill in Astoria, Thursday, designed to prepare personnel for a coordinated response in the event of a large vessel collision, fire and oil spill in the Lower Columbia River Region.
Representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard, Oregon DEQ, Maritime Fire and Safety Association, local fire and rescue members of the Fire Protection Agencies Advisory Council, Columbia River Crossing and numerous response contractors joined Chevron Shipping at an Incident Command Post in Patriot Hall at Clatsop Community College for a joint-effort practice response to the mock scenario.
Personnel spent the day engaged in a practice scenario reflecting a collision scenario on the Lower Columbia River. Drill participants were engaged in the standardized Incident Command System that is used by ...