Exercise ORSEC BISCAYE 33

Type of exercise
Full-scale exercise
Action tested
Equipment deployment
Communication
Coordination
Modelling
Protocol compliance
Type of incident
Spill
Coastal
Organisation

Préfecture Maritime de l’Atlantique.

Estuary of Gironde, France

The objectives of this exercise were to test the international/national/local emergency response procedures, and train personnel and exercise cooperation between response units, including EMSA assets.

Marine/coastal environments
International
English

Exercises documentation

ORSEC BISCAYE 33

Dissemination materials
Premar-Atlantique
The Atlantic maritime prefecture organized a large-scale maritime ORSEC exercise off the Gironde estuary and in Arcachon (ocean and basin) on June 18 and 19.
2014
French

Drills and Exercises Annual Report 2014

Report
EMSA
To achieve the level of performance for pollution response required by the EMSA, the agency performs regular training, drills, Equipment Condition Tests (ECTs) and exercises. This report summarises the drills and exercises carried out in 2014.
2015
English