Spill response boats and booms to deploy in Vancouver Harbour for Nov. 4 drill
Western Canada Marine Response Corporation says Wednesday's exercise at Pembina's Vancouver Wharves is a scheduled drill, not a real spill.
Reported by Daily Hive Vancouver; based on a WCMRC announcement.
Illustrative photoFive vessels, 26 spill response personnel and a drone will be on the water in Vancouver Harbour on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 4, but there is no spill. Western Canada Marine Response Corporation (WCMRC) says the activity is a planned exercise and no cause for alarm.
Anyone who sees boats towing floating containment booms and environmental protection equipment around the harbour that day will be looking at a drill. WCMRC said there is no actual release. The drone is a remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS).
The 150-tonne deployment exercise is being carried out alongside Pembina's planned emergency response training at its Vancouver Wharves facility. As part of it, crews will also deploy Geographic Response Strategies at Brockton Point in Stanley Park.
WCMRC describes the exercise as federally mandated. Regular exercises are a requirement for the organization to keep its certification as a Transport Canada response organization.
WCMRC has more than 2,300 members and responds to about 20 spills a year on average. Its mandate covers marine oil spills along all 27,000 km of B.C.'s coastline.
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