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Maritime 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
FPAAC conducted a Marine Fire
Command Exercise at the Clean Rivers Cooperative Operations Facility on October 22nd. This consisted of approximately 45 virtual participants from 9 member agencies, as well as the USCG, working through increasingly difficult scenarios centered around the Port of Vancouver’s Berth 10.
On November 10th, FPAAC held its 3Q Technician Level Training in both Longview and Kalama with participants from 4 different member agencies splitting into two groups. The first practiced with a number of specialty tools at the PNW Metal Recycling Center, while the second began at the MFSA Foam Totes located at the Port of Kalama. They then swapped locations before finishing the day. FPACC Technical Training
U.S. COAST GUARD PAC CIFIC COAST – PORT ACCESS ROUTE STUDY (PAC–PARS)
What is the PAC-PARS?
The Pacific Port t Access Route Study (PAC-PARS) will be the first comprehensive evaluation of maritime traffic patte erns along the Pacific Coast bordering California, Oregon, and Washington. Vessel traffic, offshore renewable energy, aquafarms, as well as commercial and government space launching activities are some of the maritime related changes occurring along the Pacific Coast.
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is conducting this study to evaluate the usage of coastal waterways, including the navigational conditions for coastal and outer-continental shelf transits.
The study will provide a baseline to assist with future determinations regarding the suitability of waterways for current and future maritime activities and if existing routing measures are adequate.
Access to the study can be found by scanning the QR Code at the bottom of this flyer, or visit: https://www.regulations.gov
And search the docket number:
Questions or concerns can be sent to:
PACPARS@USCG.MIL
Please submit all official comments to the docket above. Comments and related material must be received on or before 25 January, 2022.
