Hazardous Material Spill Response Drill Scenarios

III. (1) OPNAVINST 5090.1A provides hazardous materials spill response and reporting procedures for spills over the side, in Navy, non-Navy, and foreign ports. Report formats are provided. (2) Any environmentally significant spill requires an OPREP-3 report. d. Mishap reports to the Naval Safety Center are only required if the hazardous material exposure required medical treatment, resulted in five lost workdays, or caused a death. HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPILL DRILLS Hazardous material spill drills must be conducted at least annually. These drills are in addition to the already required mercury spill drills, OTTO fuel spill drills, and others required by separate directives. The drill should be realistic and related to the ship class. The DCTT should develop spill drill scenarios involving the entire fire party. SUMMARY: Hazardous material spills may become damage control situations that threaten the ship and personnel. Damage control parties must be aware that, although similar to other damage control situations, spills may require special handling and precautions because of the chemical involved. Damage control personnel must be trained and drilled to understand hazardous material spill response procedures. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONSULT OPNAVINST 5100.19B, APPENDIX B3-A. SPILL RESPONSE SCENARIOS ARE PROVIDED. SELECT ONE FOR A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL FREQUENTLY USED ON BOARD (MSDS AVAILABLE) OR DEVELOP YOUR OWN DRILL. Figure 1-1.—Sample lesson plan—Continued. HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPILL RESPONSE DRILL SCENARIOS The following sample hazardous material spill response drill scenarios (fig. 1-2) have been collected from several ships. The DCTT should review and discuss these scenarios for applicability to your ship. Each drill should involve as many actions as possible. Walk through the scenario first to train personnel before conducting a complete drill. Each duty section and all CDOs and fire marshals should observe or participate in a hazardous material spill drill. If available, use your ship’s spill response kit. Other scenarios could include a crane delivering a pallet load of paint breaking over the helo deck and spilling; several 5-gallon cans of ammonia floor wax stripper breaking free during heavy weather and spilling in a berthing area; or a 50-pound container of powdered citric acid falling in the engine room and breaking open, spilling the powder into the bilges and over two levels of deck grating. Be creative, but realistic. Gasoline Spill Figure 1-3 is a sample of a training drill scenario and evaluation sample for a gasoline spill drill. This scenario, like all others, should be tailored to meet the needs of your ship. The purpose of this sample is to provide you, the supervisor, a practical way to initiate the drill and to monitor and evaluate your response team’s abilities. Keep in mind, the maximum credit points are arbitrary. You should assign point values based on the importance of each task being performed. 1-8