Oil Spill Response Drill with Monterey Fire & Harbor, U.S. Coast Guard, CAL Fire & CDFW

The City of Monterey Fire Department hosted local safety agencies in a land-based oil spill response training and exercise on Friday, July 12, 2019 in Monterey Harbor.

Staff from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) provided a refresher training to agencies who would be called upon during an actual spill emergency event.

An oil boom deployment exercise took place in a shallow water area of the harbor between Wharf 1 and Breakwater Cove Marina. The goal of the exercise was to contain a simulated land-based oil spill in the harbor from a storm drain near the Coastal Recreational Trail. No product was discharged into the water during the exercise. The oil boom was deployed from Monterey Fire’s OSPR Trailer, an apparatus grant funded by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to the City of Monterey in 2011. Agencies included Monterey Fire Department, Monterey Harbor Division, Coast Guard and CAL Fire, who used their vessels to deploy oil boom in the area to contain the simulated spill. A combination of small craft, including Personal Water Craft (PWC) and Inflatable Rescue Boats (IRB) were used to deploy the boom.

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