This document refers to the importance of oil characterisation and the oil spill response parameters important in assessing strategy following a spill.
16 November 2013
The Readiness Evaluation Tool for Oil Spills (RETOS™) aims to assist governments and companies in assessing their level of oil spill response planning and readiness management.
An Incident Management System (IMS) is essential to optimizing response times and efficiency, providing clarity in command and control, improving resource coordination and communications, and facilitating the cooperation and integration of responding organizations.
This document is aimed at those persons responsible for ensuring that oil spill contingency plans are practised and verified, providing guidance on constructing an exercise programme that is suitable for meeting an organization’s or facility’s requirements.
This document identifies the principal health and safety issues when an oil spill occurs, their degree of severity and the practical steps to minimize the impact of the spill.