Chevron Fuel Spill Exercise

I had the opportunity to observe an incredible group of professionals conduct a fuel spill containment exercise during late June. The Chevron Corporation has a fuel unloading facility in Eureka, CA where barges dock and pump gasoline into land based storage tanks, at which point semis transport the fuel to merchants around the region. Although unlikely, a fuel spill remains a remote possibility--therefore Chevron must conduct training exercises in which they will deploy a boom down current in order to collect the spilt fuel, which is then skimmed off the surface of the water. Matthew Kidwell and myself represented NWS Eureka, and observed ICS activities associated with the containment exercise, and also conveyed weather support our office could provide during an actual spill. Pictures from the drill are posted below.