Course Title: Freshwater Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Techniques (SCAT); What is it and how does it affect a response
Time: One day work shop
Target Audience: FOSCs, IMT command staff, Area Command Staff etc.
This one day workshop is designed for response decision makers that will be utilizing the information obtained by SCAT teams in their decision making process. It will present what the SCAT program is and is not, review the SCAT process, and the roles of various IMT members in that process. It will also familiarize the students with the forms used by SCAT teams, and the reports generated by SCAT teams, and how to interpret and make operational decisions based on these products. The course will also delve into making clean up endpoint decisions, in a complex freshwater environment, and balancing harm to environment from the spill vs harm from the environment from the cleanup actions. Specific objectives for the course are;
Understand the SCAT process
Team roles
Field methods
Products
IMT roles
Discuss guidelines for selecting cleanup endpoints appropriate for the complex uses of inland habitats
Discuss alternative cleanup methods
Instructional methods will include lecture, case studies and lessons learned.
