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Oil Pollution Equipment
Exercise "Barossa"
- Adelaide
11 June 1998
4.1 Equipment Deployed in Exercise "Barossa"
General area
Emergency Response Division Vessel Gallantry rigged for Warren Springs/BP-AB spraying and use as offshore command vessel.
Shoreline booming of north west section of the outer harbour
- 40 metres Structureflex Land-Sea shoreline protection boom, with 60 metres of Slickbar General Purpose Boom.
- 1 off 5 tonne Canflex Recovered Oil Tank.
- 1 off Foilex Weir Skimmer.
- 2 boom deployment vessels.
Trawling/Skimming at Outer Harbour inside the breakwater
- "Murex" oil spill response catamaran assisted by 2 PortsCorp launches.
- 1 off Trelleborg Giant Troilboom.
- 1 off DS 210 Weir Skimmer.
- 1 off 25 tonne Lancer Recovered Oil Barge.
Skimming operations inside breakwater (off No 1 Outer Harbour)
- DIP1003 (" Mullo") self-propelled oil recovery vessel.
- EGMOPOL self-propelled recovery vessel.
- 1 off 10 tonne Flexidam (for discharging the self-propelled recovery vessels).
Wildlife Response
- 1 off wildlife response trailer unit set up within No 1 shed with wildlife response team.
Additional Equipment
A range of equipment held by Government and Industry, located at intra and inter State locations was notionally mobilised for exercise purposes.
4.2 Equipment Mobilised For Deployment
- 600 metres of Slickbar General Purpose Boom on standby for ship booming.
- 1 off OMI 260 Rope Mop Skimmer for outer harbour skimming operations.
- 700 metres of Structureflex Land-Sea shoreline protection boom for booming of sandbars and the mangrove system at Barker Inlet.
- 2 off Transpac Recovered Oil Containers for oil recovery at ship site.
- 200 metres of GP500 General Purpose boom for booming of North Haven Marina.
- 200 metres of Maximax General Purpose boom for booming of Yacht Squadron.
- 2 off shoreline cleanup trailers.
Note: The above equipment was mobilised for deployment but the actual weather conditions prevailing throughout Exercise "Barossa" precluded actual deployment.