ARITIME FIRE & SAFETY ASSOCIATION
Maritime Fire & Safety Association held the second of the two required yearly equipment deployment drills on Wednesday, September 15, 2021. The crew met up at Cathedral Park in Portland to cover important safety briefings and receive their instructions. An MS Teams meeting was also set up for the state agencies to be able to evaluate the exercise remotely. The purpose of this deployment drill was to test the On-Water Recovery Branch of the Operations Section. The Task Force consisted of a Marco Belt Skimming Vessel, a Shallow Water Storage Barge, and two workboats. They focused on enhanced skimming, transfers from skimming vessel to the shallow water barge and decanting operations. Notifications were made on behalf of the MFSA by the Merchants Exchange.
For more information, please visit our website: www.mfsa.com Holly Robinson, General Manager: robinson@pdxmex.com Mason Sullivan, Administrative Coordinator: sullivan@pdxmex.com 22
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