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Islands' Oil Spill Association
San Juan County, WA

Islands' Oil Spill Association (IOSA) provides a first line of response to oil spills in the San Juan Islands.

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Current Incident Links

There is no current incident.
If an incident were occurring you would be asked to follow the links below to the web pages dedicated to specific spills.

And here you would find a link.

Current Incident Information

This page gives an overview of what sort of information you can expect to find on the current incident web pages for each spill.  We will attempt to provide up to date and complete information. The current incident web pages are the IOSA Incident Commander's online information source for responders, government agencies, news media, and interested persons. Not all spills will be reported online.

Identification of spill

1. Name of spill:
2. Source (if known);
3. Start/End Dates:
4. Location and possibly trajectory:
5.Type of spilled material:

Safety

6. Current/ predicted hazards-

  • people

  • environment

  • MSDS (material safety data sheet) info

7. Exclusion/ "Hot Zones": Shore and water locations that are in the hot zone will be listed. These areas should be avoided. In some cases responders with required protective gear and training levels will be permitted to work in these areas.

  • Moving moored boats- If your boat is located in an area where oil is expected or toxic conditions may exist, you may be asked to move your boat somewhere else.

  • Protecting or moving from your home- If hazardous vapors affect your home or property, this section will tell you how to seal intakes in your home and may also provide phone number and location of shelters if evacuation is advised.

8. No Fly Zones- There are circumstances that require pilots of airplanes to avoid a spill area. 
9. Restricted areas on the water- There are circumstances that require boat operators to avoid a spill area.

Helping

Please DO NOT show up on scene unless requested by the Incident Commander.

10. If you are a trained with current certification as an oil spill or wildlife responder, please indicate your availability by calling 360-378-5322. 
11. If you are not trained and want to help, please sign up for classes. Use contact info above. Indicate your interest in shoreline work, oil containment/recovery, or wildlife rescue.
12. We need all sorts of help during a medium to large spill such as: transportation, food preparation, medical support, cleaning animal pens, and so on. Contact us for more categories or to suggest some way you can help that we may not have considered. Go to the You Can Help page for a more extensive listing of ways to help.

The Work

13. Summary of work completed describes the spill's impact and what's been done so far.

  • Wildlife

  • Shoreline work

  • Oil excluded/ Bays protected

  • Boom deployed: amount, location, and purpose.

14. Summary of plans for tomorrow: 

Site Safety Plan input form  This link connects to a form to be used by IOSA personnel to provide current site safety information to our organization. Although the page is not yet complete it may interest you to see what sorts of information we gather during a spill. Eventually, we hope  this will be an online input form that will allow for very quick distribution of this information. Please do not submit this form unless you are instructed to do so by the Incident Commander. Contact randall@iosaonline.org if you would like to see the input results. Thanks


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