Oil Clean-up Volunteer Opportunities

VOLUNTEER TRAINING

To Register: To volunteer, go to: www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com, and click on the dropdown menu, "claims/volunteers." Then click "volunteer info."

Info: If you own a vessel and you would like to help with clean-up efforts, you must attend a class and fill out and sign a consent agreement. That agreement tells you when and how you could be activated, and what safety equipment you will need on your boat. it also tells you exactly what you would be doing to help. your name will be put in a BP computer database and you will be on stand-by to be called out if you are needed.
  · Courses are held regularly. They last 3-4 hours. You may have to take a hazmat class in addition to the initial course.
  · A BP recruiter will determine what type of area you will work in.
  · You can have one boat, or multiple boats. You will be hired on a per boat basis. You will be paid for each boat you volunteer.
  · There are a variety of clean-up options.

Training Level Information:
Level 1 (Basic HSE Training) – This person would be a volunteer who would never come in contact with spilled oil (helping with beach cleanup, for example)

Level 2 (Contractors and Paraprofessionals) – This person would be a contractor who will be conducting work at the staging site Level 2 has a BP safety procedure that has to be instructed by someone who has been trained by BP or PEC Premier.

Level 3 (Wildlife Recovery and Rehabilitation) – This person would be a trained Wildlife Recovery & Rehabilitation volunteer, who will be helping with the clean-up of wildlife. It is a graded certification course. OSHA reviewed the Level 3 training package from PEC Premier and give special support for BP to use this training package, specifically for this incident. For this first wave of level 3 training, we are giving priority to the wildlife specialists and BP contractors.

(Not offered at Civic Center) Level 4 – Responders who might have direct contact to petroleum (this would include boat captains and crew who are already contracted to BP). Those who are not contracted must work through the Vessel of Opportunity program. Safety, Marine and Hazwoper training is delivered if their vessel is selected to be contracted through that program.

 

SAFE BEACH CLEAN-UP CLASSES

Offered at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Beginning May 3, 2010:

• Jackson County Campus
  2 p.m., 4 p.m. & 6 p.m.
  Monday-Saturday
• Jefferson Davis Campus
  2 p.m., 4 p.m. & 6 p.m.
  Monday-Saturday

Click Here for Full Class Details.

FACEBOOK LINKS

Page: Mobile Bay NEP (National Estuary Program) on Facebook
Group: 'Let's Save our Gulf Coast' (from oilspillvolunteers.com)
Group: Oiled Wildlife Rescue volunteers
Group: Mobile Bay NEP: 'Help Save the Gulf Coast from the Oil Leak'
Page: AL.com & NOLA.com: 'Save the Gulf of Mexico'
Page: 'Louisiana Shore Clean-up'
Page: Deepwater Horizon Response

Resources for volunteer and cleanup efforts related to the Gulf oil spill, by state:

ALABAMA

Alabama Wildlife Federation:
www.alabamawildlife.org/oilspill

Alabama Coastal Foundation:
www.joinacf.org
251-990-6002
Info@joinacf.org

Mobile Bay NEP:
www.mobilebaynep.com
251-431-6409
mbnep@mobilebaynep.com

Mobile Baykeeper:
www.mobilebaykeeper.org
251-433-4229
callaway@mobilebaykeeper.org

Mobile Bay NEP Facebook Group:
'Help Save the Gulf Coast from the Oil Leak'

Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau:
Contact the state-organized volunteer bank by dialing 2-1-1 or 888-421-1266

MISSISSIPPI

Pascagoula (MS) River Audubon Society
www.OilSpillVolunteers.com - organized by residents of Ocean Springs


FLORIDA

Be Ready Escambia (County) Response
Volunteer Florida

LOUISIANA

Volunteer Louisiana
'Louisiana Shore Clean-up' Facebook Group


OTHER IMPORTANT CONTACTS

Report oiled shoreline or request volunteer information:
(866)-448-5816

Submit alternative response technology, services or products:
(281) 366-5511

Submit your vessel as a vessel of opportunity skimming system:
(281) 366-5511

Submit a claim for damages:
(800) 440-0858

Report oiled wildlife:
(866) 557-1401

For updates and information from BP:
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com
Deepwater Horizon Response on Facebook