U.S. Coast Guard National Strike Force

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U.S. Coast GuardNational Strike Force
Capabilities Brief 2013
BMC Shaun Ross Deck Chief
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• History, Organization, Mission
• AOR
• Operations Profile
• Response Capabilities Support
• Recent Cases

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National Strike Force History
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National Strike Force Organization

• Over 200 Active Duty and Reserves
• Standardized response equipment
• Highly trained and experience personnel
• 24/7, 365 recall status

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Organization Chart
Active Duty Reservist Civilian
44 02 03
Command Chief
Commanding Officer
Executive Officer
Senior Reserve Officer Reserve Command Officer
Ombudsman
Industrial Hygienist
Facilities Manager
Operations Officer
Logistics Officer
Training Coordinator
Assistant Operations Officer
Training Chief
HSC
Engineer Officer
Deck Officer
Chemical Officer
SK Shop
YN Shop
Training Shop
BMC
MSTC
DCC
MKC
DC Shop
EM/ET Shop
MK Shop
BM Shop
MST Shop
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National Strike Force Mission
Function as a Special Team to assist USCG and
EPA Federal On Scene Coordinators and other
federal officials while executing
responsibilities under the National Contingency
Plan (NCP) and the National Response Framework
(NRF).

• Develop and provide highly trained, experienced
  personnel and specialized equipment for response
  to oil pollution, hazardous substance releases,
  and WMD incidents in order to protect public
  health and the environment.
• What We Do
• Oil and Hazardous Chemical Response
• WMD Response including Radiological and
  Bio-Terrorism incidents
• Incident Command / Response Management Support
• Preparedness Exercise Event Planning Support

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NATIONAL STRIKE FORCE AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
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NSF International Response AOR
A sampling of NSF support in the International
environment
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Response Policy

• NSF Response Standards
• 2 members dispatched immediately
• 4 members within 2 hours notification
• 12 members within 6 hours notification
• Heavy equipment within 4 hours notification
• 10-person Hazmat Team within 6 hours
• Response Resource Reach Back/Brokering
• DOEs Radiological Assessment Program (RAP) Teams
• Civil Support Teams
• FBI HMRU
• DOD Explosive Ordnance Detachments
• EPA RERT
• Facilitate Interoperability
• Use standardized training and equipment

CST Civil Support Team NSF National Strike
Force HMRU Hazardous Materials Response
Unit CBIRF Chemical Biological Response
Force EPA RERT Radiological Emergency Response
Team
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Operations Profile

• Average Case Load Breakdown
• 60 Chemical Responses
• 40 Oil Responses
• Personnel average
• 160200 days deployed per year

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Response Management Support

• Provide fully deployable ICS capability to fit
  any size of response and any type of event
• CO/XO can serve as Designated Incident FOSC (as
  appointed by FOSC)
• Trained Planning, Operations, and Logistics
  Section Chiefs
• Trained Situation, Resources, Documentation
  Unit Leaders
• Trained Division/Group Supervisors
• ICS Position Coaching
• Evidence collection support
• Resource/cost documentation
• Technical advice
• Plume/trajectory modeling
• Chemical information
• Safety and health issues
• Public Affairs support
• Public Information Assist Team (PIAT) personnel
  and resources
• Joint Information Center (JIC) assistance and
  operation

• Mobile Incident Command Post (MICP)
• 1 unit at each Strike Team
• Deployable by road or C-5 aircraft
• Fully self-contained
• Power, heat, air conditioning
• Communications
• UHF, VHF, base station, computers, 32 phone
  lines, 2 TVs

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Response Training Exercise Support

• Providing training in and technical support and
  expertise for
• Spills of National Significance (SONS) TOPOFF
  Exercises
• National Special Security Events
• PREP Drills
• ICS 210, 300 and 400 Courses
• Salvage
• DOD Civil Support Teams
• SCAT (Shoreline Countermeasures)
• Special Monitoring for Alternative Response
  Technologies (SMART)
• VOSS/SORS/VOPS
• Communications
• HAZWOPER Refresher
• International Exercises Panama/MEXUS
• Public Affairs/Joint Information Center staffing
  and training

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Capabilities

• Hazardous Substance CBRN Response
• Level A, B C Entry Capabilities
• Assessment
• Mitigation / Countermeasures
• Removal/ Decontamination

• Oil Spill Response
• Assessment
• Booming
• Skimming
• Boat Operations
• SCAT
• Source Control /Countermeasures
• Removal/Decontamination

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HAZMAT/WMD Response Deployable Loads

• Air and road response loads
• Air load self supportive
• 2-3 days before needing re-supply
• Carries Personal Protective Equipment to safely
  assess, mitigate, control, and remove hazards
• Containment capabilities
• Remote Sensing

HAZMAT Response Trailer (HMRT)

• Provides long-term Hazmat Response Support
• 5000psi compressor
• Satellite including 2-way internet
• Elevated observation area
• Hot water heater
• 40-KW Generator or electrical shore tie

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Chemical/Biological Agent Response

• Level A, B and C entry capability
• Decontamination (response personnel only)
• Site assessment, characterization, and mitigation
• Multi-media sampling (air, water, soil) for field
  testing and laboratory analysis
• Evidence/Chain-of-custody preservation
• Industrial HAZMAT and Chemical (nerve,
  asphyxiant, blister) agent identification
• Biological agent identification
• Secondary device awareness and
• recognition
• EMTs / Site Safety personnel
• Contractor oversight

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Radiological Response

• Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Neutron detection
  capabilities
• Site assessment, characterization, and technical
  assistance with site mitigation
• Real-time dosimetry
• Coast Guard Level II Capable
• Radiological Isotope Identification Device (RIID)
• e.g. Thermo IdentiFINDER-U
• Secondary device awareness/recognition
• Reach back capability
• DOE RAP
• CBP LSS
• Radiation Safety Officer (RSO)

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Oil Spill Response

• Equipment
• VOSS
• Inflatable Boom
• Foam-filled Boom
• Damage Assessment Tools
• SMART Gear Flourometers DataRams
• Expertise
• Equipment Deployment
• Source Control and Removal of Oil
• Qualified FOSCRs
• Shoreline Assessment
• Site Safety
• Incident Management
• Salvage Monitoring Liquid Transfer
• Contractor / RP Oversight

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Oil/Chemical Pumping Capability

• Oil pumping capabilities range from light sweet
  crude to heated asphalt with the Viscous Oil
  Pumping System (VOPS).
• Pump types include
• CCN 150 (centrifugal)
• Sloan (dewatering)
• Multi-quip (trash pump)
• Wildens M1, M8, M15 (pneumatic diaphragm)
• Desmi (DOP 250)
• VOPS (DOP 160/250) for heavy viscous products
  includes annular ring for heated water injection
• Chemical pumping capabilities cover a broad range
  of chemicals including Acids, Chlorine and
  Pesticides.
• CCN 150 with chemical fittings/hoses
• Wilden pumps with Teflon diaphragms
• Peristaltic

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On Water Resources

• NSF Inventory
• 26 ft Trailerable Aids to Navigation Boats (TANB)
• Flood Response Boats

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2010-2012 MODU Deepwater Horizon

• Oil Spill Response
• The oil rig suffered a catastrophic explosion,
  caught fire, and sunk releasing an estimated
  67,000 110,000 gal diesel/day.
• Declared as SONS
• PST provided members to fill positions in
• SCAT Team
• SMART Team
• ICS (IC and OSC)
• SORS
• VOSS

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Arctic Concerns
The PST has been working to improve cold weather
oil spill capabilities as vessel traffic
increases and the prospects of opening up oil
field increases. On New Years Eve 2012, PST
members responded to the grounding of the Shell
Mobile Off Shore Drilling Unit (MODU) Kulluk.
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2011 Davy Crockett
The 431-ft vessel ran aground in January as the
owner was trying to scrap it. It had been
leaking lubricating oil, fuel oil and diesel into
the Columbia River for months before clean up
efforts began in April.
The PST has been providing Site Safety officers
to monitor contractors as they dismantle the
ship. Currently, this is an ongoing case.
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2011 Montebello Survey
More than three million gallons of oil was
onboard the S.S. MONTEBELLO the morning she was
torpedoed by an Imperial Japanese submarine on
December 22, 1941. The vessel sank in
approximately 900 feet of water, 6.5 miles off of
Cambria, California. For over 70 years, the
vessel remained on the ocean floor with the fate
of its cargo unknown.
 In 2011 with the use of neutron backscatter
technology the UC were able to successfully
determine that the S.S. MONTEBELLO did not pose a
substantial threat to the marine life and
coastline of California
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2012 Hurricane Sandy