U.S. COAST GUARD ATLANTIC STRIKE TEAM
CDR Richard Schultz, Commanding Officer
WORLD’S BEST RESPONDERS
Any Time
Any Place
Any Hazard
Over 200 Active Duty and Reserve
Alaska
Fort Dix, NJ
PST
Novato, CA
NSFCC
Elizabeth City, NC
Hawaii
GST
Mobile, AL
Puerto Rico
EPA Regions
ELEMENTS OF THE NATIONAL STRIKE FORCE
AST
•“Special Team”
•“Develop and provide highly trained and
experienced personnel and specialized
equipment to Coast Guard and other federal
Incident Commanders under the National
Contingency Plan (NCP) and the National
Response Framework (NRF)”
What We Do
•Incident Command / Response Management
Support
•Oil and Hazardous Chemical Response
•WMD Response including Radiological and
Bio-Terrorism incidents
•Preparedness Exercise & Event Planning
Support
NATIONAL STRIKE FORCE MISSION
National Response Framework (NRF)
RESPONSE POLICY
NSF Response Standards
•24/7, 365 recall status
•4 members dispatched immediately
•10-person Hazmat Team and Heavy
equipment on the road within 6 hours
•We can call on other Strike Teams (PST or
GST) for additional support
Interoperability
NSF
CSTs
HMRU
CBIRF
EPA RERT
CST: Civil Support Team
NSF: National Strike Force
HMRU: Hazardous Materials Response Unit
CBIRF: Chemical Biological Response Force
EPA RERT Radiological Emergency Response Team
International Deployments
•Law Enforcement / Emergency Management
•State / Federal Agencies
•Military (Incl. National Guard Civil Support
Teams)
•Can Advise/Recommend Additional Federal
Specialized Resources When Needed
NSF/STRIKE TEAMS CASE LOAD
Average Case Loads
•35-40 cases per team
•60% Chemical Responses
•40% Oil Responses
•Personnel average
•140+ days deployed per
year
1400+ Response Days
in 2011
Flood Operations
Detection
HAZMAT Response /Incident Command Trailers
Oil
EQUIPMENT
Vessels
•VOSS ~ C130
•Boom Reels ~ C130
•Large Pump Loads ~ C130
•Level “A” Trailer ~ C-130
•Flood Trailer ~ C-130
•Boats 18’ and smaller ~ C-130
•MICP ~ C-5
AIRCRAFT LOAD OUTS
Major Systems
Offshore and Heavy Seas Equipment
Dispersant use monitoring
In-situ burn monitoring
OIL SPILL RESPONSE
Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System (VOSS)
Biological Agents
Chemical Agents
Radiological Agents
HAZMAT / WMD RESPONSE
Weapons of Mass Destruction
• August 31st – September 12th 2011
• Location: East Providence, RI
• Agency Supported: U.S. Coast Guard - Sector
Southeastern New England
On August 31st 2011, a Cardi Construction
Corp. worker digging near a pipeline at the
Capital Terminal facility, ruptured a high
pressure pipeline with an excavator.
• AST provided personnel & equipment for:
• Site Safety
• Contractor Oversight
• Implementing the ICS structure
• Results:
• Clean up of over 56,000-gal of No. 2 Low
Sulfur Diesel
OIL SPILL RESPONSES
Capital Terminal Oil Spill
• November 14th – December 11th 2011
• Location: Detroit, MI
• Agency Supported: EPA Region V
• EPA discovered over 500 chemical drums,
tanks, & compressed gas containers, many
of which were not labeled, unsecure, and
leaking in an old specialty chemical facility
• Many of the chemicals were ignitable,
corrosive, or toxic
• AST provided:
•326 Chemical Hazard Identifications
•149 with First Defender RMX
•Transportation & Disposal
Documentation Review
CHEMICAL RESPONSE
Lyndon Street Drum Site
LITHIUM ALUMINOHYDRIDE
• September 18 – 22, 2011
• Location: New York, NY
• Agency Supported: U.S. Coast Guard
Sector New York
On September 20th, President
Obama and other World Leaders
attended the UNGA in New York,
NY.
•AST provided personnel & equipment for:
• Technical decontamination
• Air quality testing
• CBRN detection and identification
• Interoperability with CG Maritime
Security Response Team
NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY EVENTS (NSSE)
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
• August 30th – September 16th 2011
• Location: Burlington, VT
• Agency Supported: EPA Region I
Tropical Storm Lee
• September 22nd – October 19th 2011
• Location: Binghampton, NY
• Agency Supported: EPA Region II
• Major flooding across multiple counties in VT • Major flooding across multiple counties in NY
• AST provided:
along the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers
• Hazard Assessments (ESF 10) under • AST provided:
Stafford Act
• Hazard Assessments (ESF 10) under
• Radiation detection capabilities
Stafford Act
• Air monitoring
• Orphan Drum Recovery
• Photo documentation
• Waterside Operations
• Safety
NATURAL DISASTER RESPONSES
Hurricane Irene
• September 18th – 27th 2011
• Location: Westport, NY – Lake Champlain
• Agency Supported: EPA Region II
• Underwater Dive/Lightering operation on sunken WWII-era tug
• Several hot taps conducted determining no fuel remained onboard
• AST provided:
• Site Safety / Oversight assistance
• Contractor Monitoring
• Technical salvage assistance
LIGHTERING RESPONSE
Tug William H. McAllister
• September 1st – 12th 2011
• Location: Oak Creek, WI
• Agency Supported: U.S. Coast Guard
Sector Lake Michigan
• A mudslide pushed constructions equipment
and coal ash into Lake Michigan
• AST provided:
• Dive Ops Safety
• Reviewed Salvage Plans
• Site Safety/Oversight assistance
• Contractor Monitoring
• Technical assistance
Sterling Equipment Barge #SEI 34
• October 30th – December 10th 2011
• Location: Newport, RI – Under Pell Bridge
• Agency Supported: U.S. Coast Guard – Sector
Southeastern New England
•The barge rolled over and partly capsized
adjacent to the eastern span of the Pell Bridge
with an estimated 3900-gal of diesel onboard.
• AST provided:
• Reviewed Salvage Plans/Site Safety
Plans
• Dive Ops Safety
• Contractor oversight
SALVAGE RESPONSES
Oak Creek Bluff Response
Atlantic Strike Team
CDR Rich Schultz
Commanding Officer
POINTS OF CONTACT
LCDR David Reinhard
Executive Officer
LT Joel Ferguson
Operations Officer
Office: (609) 724-0008
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/nsfweb/
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