Pacifica: On-Call Volunteers Needed - Sign Up!

Posted for  Greg Cochran of Pedro Point Surf Club:I would like to get some volunteers for an oil spill clean up here in Pacifica “if needed.” We have been blessed to have had no oil so far, but that could change as the currents and tides change this week. We are working with the Office [...]

KTS volunteer symptoms + Hazards of Bunker Fuel

From the web:  
“Safer handling of bunker fuel on board (for ships carrying oil)Everyone on board should be fully aware of the fact that heavy fuel oil is carcinogenic and every contact with skin should be avoided. Oil resistant clothing and gloves should always be used in contact with the fuel.”  
 See Bunker Oil articles below based [...]

Wed 11/14 EPA Volunteer Training - Save the Date

Per Kill the Spill: 
“We are working with the EPA and city/county of San Francisco to schedule a Kill The Spill training session on Wednesday November 14 from 6pm-9pm.
This training session will make you an “Offical” Disaster Service Worker Volunteer for the Cosco-Busan Oil Spill clean up efforts.  Stay tuned for more info.”  - BC

Oil Spill Study - Respiratory Problems with Volunteers

From the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine…This is a study on the volunteers of the 2002 Prestige Oil Spill.   - MMU (via Zuna Surf).

EPA’s Hazard Rating of SF Spill to Humans

“According to the EPA training session today at the Irish Cultural Center,  they indicated that the oil is a 2 out of 4 in terms of the hazard with a low level of risk. ”  - K.Egan, Kill The Spill

Monday - Pacifica/HMB Updates - More Needed

We hope to hear more about Pacifica and the HMB coast.  Residents & sources who surfed Pacifica overthe last few days noted that more dead birds were found.From a Yahoo Inc. friend about  his Sunday session at Pacifica’s North End:
“Felt a bit sick afterwards, then my wife told me clean up crews were out at lindy on sunday.  [...]

Monday Update - Trash Bags at OB Aren’t Picked Up Yet

9:20am Monday 11/12/07:
I just drove the beach and I’m going to walk it in a bit once I wrap up some work stuff, but there are bags and bags of the oil that people are leaving by the trash cans, and no one from the city has picked it up. City pick needs to happen [...]

Monday Update: Bolinas/West Marin Need Help - 11am on

Oil is washing up on all the beaches here and I hear it’s as far north as Dillon Beach.  The waste collected so far is really toxic and out-gassing; so much that I’ve been instructed not to go near it with my baby (who stays on my back during clean up.) 

I’m trying to mobilize people [...]

Update: EPA Training & Additional Times; KTS Endorses It

Per Byron and Kill the Spill staffers attending the EPA session today: 
“The training is very good.  They provide card certification, protective gear, and assign folks in teams of a 1:7 ratio.   Kill the Spill endorses this program and will began funneling its volunteers through this program.   KTS is working on getting more EPA training sessions scheduled to [...]

Monday 11/12/07 Schedule - EPA’s Volunteer Training

The Kill the Spill Crew (KTS) would like to alert you to the following training. 
Check back here or http://www.zunasurf.com for other updates.
The KTS position on the EPA program:  “We highly encourage as many folks to attend, as we trust the EPA process to enable us to attain official status.  We need folks to report back.  [...]