Fact Sheets: ERD Products and Services

In the following one-page fact sheets, you can get quick information about the products and services that OR&R's Emergency Response Division (ERD) provides. (ERD was formerly the Hazardous Materials Response Division, or HAZMAT.)

The fact sheets are grouped by the following topics:

• Program Overview
  
• Recent and Historical Spills and Responses
  
• Educational Resources
  
• Software and Datasets
  
• Spill Response and Planning
  
• Oil Characteristics

Program Overview • top

Emergency Response Division (ERD) An overview of NOAA OR&R's Emergency Response Division (ERD), formerly the Hazardous Materials Response Division (HAZMAT), and its activities. (Document format: PDF, size: 453.8 K)

Recent and Historical Spills and Responses • top

IncidentNews.gov Internet Site General information about IncidentNews.gov, an Internet portal that provides spill and response information to the general populace and to Regional Response Team (RRT) members. (Document format: PDF, size: 725.8 K)

Educational Resources • top

Educational Resources: Oil Spills and Hazardous Chemical Accidents Resources to help students learn more about oil spills or hazardous chemical accidents. (Document format: PDF, size: 873.5 K)

Software and Datasets • top

ESI Fact Sheet Basic information about Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) mapping, including a list of ESI atlases available from OR&R. (Document format: PDF, size: 1.0 M)

GNOME Fact Sheet Basic information about the General NOAA Oil Modeling Environment (GNOME), our oil trajectory model. (Document format: PDF, size: 1.1 M)

ADIOS2 Fact Sheet A brief description of ADIOS (Automated Data Inquiry for Oil Spills), our oil weathering model. (Document format: PDF, size: 721.8 K)

TAP Fact Sheet A short fact sheet describing our trajectory analysis software, TAP (Trajectory Analysis Planner). (Document format: PDF, size: 657.9 K)

Spill Tools Fact Sheet A short fact sheet about Spill Tools, a set of three programs designed for oil spill planners and responders: the Mechanical Equipment Calculator, the In-situ Burn Calculator, and the Dispersant Mission Planner. (Document format: PDF, size: 386.8 K)

CAMEO Fact Sheet A basic description of the chemical response program, CAMEO (Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations). (Document format: PDF, size: 435.7 K)

CAMEO Chemicals Fact Sheet A short fact sheet describing the new online tool for hazmat responders, CAMEO Chemicals. (Document format: PDF, size: 922.3 K)

ALOHA Fact Sheet A basic description of ALOHA (Areal Locations of Hazardous Atmospheres), a computer program used to predict how a hazardous gas cloud might disperse in the atmosphere after an accidental chemical release. (Document format: PDF, size: 755.9 K)

MARPLOT Fact Sheet General information about MARPLOT (Mapping Application for Response, Planning, and Local Operational Tasks), the general-purpose mapping application that lets you create, view, and modify maps quickly and easily, and allows you to link objects on your computer maps to data in other programs, including CAMEO. (Document format: PDF, size: 1.1 M)

Chemical Reactivity Worksheet Fact Sheet Basic information about the Chemical Reactivity Worksheet, a program you can use to find out about the reactivity of substances or mixtures of substances. (Document format: PDF, size: 894.8 K)

Precursors Database Fact Sheet A fact sheet describing the Precursors Database that NOAA's Emergency Response Division (ERD) is proposing to develop to support first responders and forensics specialists. (Document format: PDF, size: 474.7 K)

Spill Response and Planning • top

SMART Fact Sheet A brief description of SMART (Special Monitoring of Applied Response Technologies), a cooperatively designed monitoring program for in situ burning and dispersants. (Document format: PDF, size: 377.0 K)

SMART at the New Carissa Oil Spill A description of how SMART was used during the response to the New Carissa grounding on the Oregon Coast in February, 1999. (Document format: PDF, size: 396.3 K)

Tracking Oil Spills with Coastal Drifters A description of how satellite-tracked surface buoys are used to track the movement of oil slicks. (Document format: PDF, size: 432.9 K)

Hawaii Drift Card Study A fact sheet about a two-year drift card study that NOAA ERD (formerly HAZMAT) conducted in the near shore waters of the Hawaiian Islands to learn more about where floating pollutants might go in Hawaii. (Document format: PDF, size: 414.3 K)

Oil and Sea Turtles Fact Sheet Basic information about our Oil and Sea Turtles publication in a one-page factsheet. (Document format: PDF, size: 445.1 K)

Oil Characteristics • top

Alaska North Slope Crude Blends What to expect when Alaska North Slope Crude Blends are spilled. (Document format: PDF, size: 611.0 K)

No. 6 Fuel Oil (Bunker C) Spills What to expect when No. 6 Fuel Oil (Bunker C) spills. (Document format: PDF, size: 611.3 K)

Small Diesel Spills (500-5000 gallons) The characteristics of small (500-5000 gallon) diesel spills. (Document format: PDF, size: 544.5 K)

Tarballs How tarballs form; what we know, and don't know, about them. (Document format: PDF, size: 384.2 K)

Fate and Transport: M/V Selendang Ayu The characteristics and behavior of the pollutants spilled by the M/V Selendang Ayu in the Bering Sea in December, 2004. (Document format: PDF, size: 109.8 K)