THE TACTICS MEETING

A tour of the Environment Unit

In Episode 12, we go on a virtual tour of the Environmental Unit with Dr. Elliott Taylor from Polaris Applied Sciences. Elliott and I talk about EU staffing, net environmental benefit, alternative response strategies, trajectory forecasting, and much more. A must-hear episode of The Tactics Meeting!

IAEM Certified Emergency Manager

In this episode of the Tactics Meeting, Randy Ashmore explains the certified emergency manager certification program offered by the International Association of Emergency Managers.

Oil Spill Trajectory Forecasting

How does trajectory modeling work? For 45 years, Dr. Jerry Galt has worked on the problem of forecasting how spilled oil will travel in the ocean.  Starting with a PDP8 computer and then an Apple II, Dr. Galt developed focusing models that eventually became GNOME. 

Burn baby burn!

In This episode of The Tactics meeting, Al Allen explains how he went from a physics career to oil spill response to in-situ burning during Exxon Valdez and Deepwater Horizon. Al is the author of Clues Can Light The Way.

Resource Tracking on the Web

Genwest's John Murphy, Brianna Yearwood, Al Hielscher, and Lexter Tapawan introduce online resource tracking with WRRLTracWeb.

WRRL.World

In This episode of The Tactics meeting Scott Knutson (USCG Ret) and Sonja Larson (Washington Department of Ecology) to tell the story of the birth of the Western Response Resource List. The story takes us from the Nestucca oil spill, Exxon Valdez, OPA-90, Deepwater Horizon, and finally to the International Maritime Organization and International Offers of Assistance.

IOSA Reborn

Tony Parkin joins Island Oil Spill Association as Executive Director, steering rebirth of 30-year-old volunteer organization.

Western Canada Marine Response Corporation

Western Canada Marine Response Corporation (WCMRC) is the certified Marine Spill Response Organization in British Columbia, Canada.

In this episode of The Tactics Meeting, Michael Lowry and I discuss WCMRC's equipment expansion, Incident Management Team responsibilities, responder immunity, coastal mapping, and
dispersant application. You can check out their website at http://wcmrc.com.

PIO Community Messaging

Send a clear message to your community during a response with guest Suzanne Lagoni.

Triage in a tent

Loss of power, dwindling supplies, and lack of staff, Guest Liesl Peterson shares her experience as a hospital emergency manager.