Be Ready Escambia - Division of Public Safety


Escambia Disaster Response
- Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

NEWS & UPDATES

The beaches are open and ready for business!

The Escambia County Health Department has release information on avoiding oil and tar on the beaches. (More Information).

The Escambia County Health Department has released information on what a person should do when an oily feeling or residue is present on skin. (More information)

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State Emergency Response Team maps for oil impacted areas of Florida (GATOR)
Deepwater Horizon Latest News from Unified Command
(Coast Guard, Homeland Security, NOAA, BP, Transocean, Department of the Interior - Minerals Management Service)
Joint Information Center: www.RestoreTheGulf.gov.
Deepwater Horizon Response on Facebook
  Deepwater Horizon Response on Twitter | BP on Twitter
  Live video feed from BP's underwater camera
  Real time, interactive Deepwater Horizon BP Oil spill map
  Coast Guard establishes a 20-meter safety zone around all protective boom
   
NOAA

Incident News

NOAA Updates
Fisheries Information (Closed areas updated daily)
Hurricanes and the Oil Spill Fact Sheet

Deepwater Horizon Oil: Characteristics and Concerns
NOAA Emergency Response Site (trajectory maps and fact sheets)

   
EPA Air Monitoring on the Gulf Coast
  Human Health and Safety Standards
   
Federal Whitehouse.gov Deepwater - BP Oil Spill web site
  SBA Disaster Assistance Electronic Loan Application (ELA)
   
Florida Governor's Deepwater Horizon Response Actions
  DEP's Deepwater Horizon Response Information
  DEP's Homeowner Tips for Protecting Florida's Shoreline
  FWC's Area Contingency Plans
  Department of Financial Services
  Public Service Annoucements
  BP's Florida Gulf Response
  Department of Health Established Long-term Oil Impace Health Advisory Guidance for Counties
  Florida Department of Health Deepwater Horizon Public Heath Advisories Due to Oil-Spill Related Impaces to Water & Sediment
 
Escambia County Information and News Updates
  Oil Spill Response Strategies (PowerPoint)

Updated Local Action Plan (LAP)

Area Contingency Plan and LAP Boom Deployment Map

Escambia County Boom Deployment Progress Report

06-26-10 Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key Beach Protection and Shoreline Cleanup
06-10-10 Boom Deployment List with latitude and longitude
06-13-10 Vessel Traffic Conflict Areas Map
08-17-10 Oil Impact Notice rescinded for Pensacola Beach and a portion of Perdido Key
  See all archived Escambia Disaster Response updates
Fact Sheets & Other Documents
  Oil Spill Informational Brochure
  If Oil is Spotted On the Shore
  Tropical System Impacts on Oil Spills
  Seafood Consumption FAQs
  Properties of Beached Oil
  Deepwater Horizon FAQs (as PDF or DOC)
  BP Oil FAQs
  EPA's Oil Pollution Act (OPA) of 1990 - including Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund (and its Elements of Liability)

Types of damages eligible for compensation under OPA and procedures to seek compensation: www.uscg.mil/npfc.  

Types of Claims

  Escambia County Health Department Info On Oil Spill Health Impacts
  Lakeview Center: Coping with the Gulf Coast Oil Spill: Our Emotional Health
  CDC - Maintain a Healthy State of Mind
OTHER IMPORTANT LINKS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Report Oiled Shorelines 1-877-389-8932 or #DEP on a cell phone.
Do not touch any substance you suspect to be oiled or oil-related.
Report Oiled Wildlife 1-866-557-1401
   
Florida Emergency Information Line 1-800-342-3557
   
Florida Oil Spill Information Line 1-888-337-3569
   
Report Boom Vandalism 1-800-320-0519 or #DEP on cell phone
   
Volunteer Information: 1-866-448-5816
   
BP's Paraprofessional Training Class schedule. This is not volunteer training.
   
BP Claims Hotline
(and Spill-Related Damage)
File a claim online
or call
1-800-440-0858, 8A-8P, seven days a week.
If you are not satisfied with BP’s resolution, call 1-800-280-7118
   
BP Services

281-366-5511 - To register as a consultant, contractor, vendor, or submit ideas on alternative response technology, services, productions or suggestions.

   
BP Vessels of Opportunity 281-366-5511
Vessel Requirements Checklist
   
BP Contractor Hotline 281-366-5578
   
Fraud Hotline Call 1-866-966-7226 if you have been solicited for donations or training