Biological (Hospital Areas): Call floor nurse or Environmental Services @ 934-4288 Or Hospital Safety @ 934-1246 (Campus Areas) Call responsible investigator or Biosafety @ 934-2487. Chemical (All ...

The Town of Columbia will hold a public informational meeting about the Upper Woodland Terrace Oil Spill and Response. Originally scheduled for March 19, the informational meeting was ...

This section contains general emergency response procedures to be followed in the absence of department- or facility-specific procedures. The supervisor or person responsible for the area where an ...

Oil spills can be among the most devastating environmental disasters, with the potential to severely damage marine ecosystems, disrupt coastal communities, and impose lasting economic damage.

In presentations at the four committee meetings and at the workshop, leading experts from the spill-response, regulatory, environmental, and oil-transportation communities consistently identified a ...

Despite efforts to prevent oil spills, accidental spills will continue to occur as long as there is offshore oil production and transportation. A variety of different response techniques could be ...

Blood spills or other human body fluids that occur inside or in the outside environment need to be decontaminated to prevent the potential transmission of communicable disease. The circumstances ...

The multi-agency joint oil spill exercise was conducted today as part of an on-going effort to ensure our ports remain safe, secure and clean for the international shipping community. Code-named JOSE ...

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has conducted a table-top exercise with Indonesia and Malaysia to enhance regional coordination and strengthen response capabilities for oil spills.