From the National Response Team’s website:  “This Technical Assistance Document (TAD) the first of two documents created by the National Response Team (NRT) to address worker fatigue during large-scale disaster operations, such as [...]]]> National Response Team’s “Guidance for Managing Worker Fatigue During Disaster Operations”

• Guidance for Managing Worker Fatigue During Disaster Operations

From the National Response Team’s website:  “This Technical Assistance Document (TAD) the first of two documents created by the National Response Team (NRT) to address worker fatigue during large-scale disaster operations, such as those following the Oklahoma City bombing, the 9-11 attacks, anthrax contamination, the Columbia Space Shuttle Recovery, and Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. This document is intended to serve as a hands-on manual to assist organizations with the development of programs and plans to address fatigue issues among disaster workers.” From the National Response Team’s website.

This two page document summarizes lessons learned from the Exxon Valdez oil spill regarding transparency in the Unified Command system.

Fishing vessel Defiance towing boom and sucking up oil with a vacuum truck aboard in 1989, Northwest Bay, Knight Island, Prince William Sound.

Closeup picture of the fishing vessel Defiance in 1989 with sewage vacuum truck aboard. [...]]]> Photos of fishing vessel with vacuum truck aboard during the ‘89 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Fishing vessel Defiance towing boom and sucking up oil with a vacuum truck aboard in 1989, Northwest Bay, Knight Island, Prince William Sound.

Closeup picture of the fishing vessel Defiance in 1989 with sewage vacuum truck aboard. Tom Copeland reported, “We tightened up the boom by pulling the rear boom forward past the forward boom end. You can see the sucker hose down in the oil that is inches thick.”

(added to Oil Spill Prevention and Response page)

The above letter discusses options for nearshore response resulting from lessons learned after the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

The above portion of [...]]]> Nearshore Response

(added to Oil Spill Prevention and Response page)

• PWSRCAC’s letter to Unified Command RE: A Nearshore Response Option for the Gulf of Mexico

The above letter discusses options for nearshore response resulting from lessons learned after the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

• Chapter 2 of the Alaska Spill Tactics for Alaska Responders (STAR) Manual

The above portion of the STAR manual describes oil spill response strategies using fishing vessels for nearshore oil recovery.

UAF has set up a page on their website with resources for the Gulf Of Mexico oil spill.  The page includes a link to a legal research report titled:  Recommendations for [...]]]> University of Alaska Fairbanks’s School of Fisheries and Oceans Science

• UAF’s Media Resources: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

UAF has set up a page on their website with resources for the Gulf Of Mexico oil spill.  The page includes a link to a legal research report titled:  Recommendations for an Improved Oil Spill Prevention Regulatory System.

This history of the settlement, damage assessment, and restoration following the Exxon Valdez spill was researched, written, and designed [...]]]> Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council Resources:

• Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council website
• Mission without a Map: The Politics and Policies of Restoration Following the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

This history of the settlement, damage assessment, and restoration following the Exxon Valdez spill was researched, written, and designed by Joe Hunt.  Available for download from Alaska Resources Library and Information Service.

• Exxon Valdez Oil Spill FAQs and Links

Compiled by the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, this document contains links to a variety of important documents related to the Exxon Valdez.  Available for download from Alaska Resources Library and Information Service.

Above are links to the final report and executive summary from the Alaska Oil Spill Commission’s study of the wreck of the Exxon [...]]]> Alaska Oil Spill Commission

• Alaska Oil Spill Commission – Final report (large PDF File)
• Alaska Oil Spill Commission – Executive Summary
• Alaska State Legislation language which formed the Alaska Oil Spill Commission

Above are links to the final report and executive summary from the Alaska Oil Spill Commission’s study of the wreck of the Exxon Valdez.  Available for download from Alaska Resources Library and Information Service.