Clallam MRC Meeting
: Commissioners’ Large Meeting Room, 223 East 4th Street Port Angeles
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OILED WILDLIFE HAZWOPER TRAINING

If you're interested in helping oiled wildlife response efforts here is your chance to receive free training - in advance of an oil spill.

Date and Location

March 2, 2019
Where: City Council Chambers
321 East 5th Street
Port Angeles, WA
Time: 8:00 AM—5:00 PM

Register for Training www.oilspills101.wa.gov

Learn Important Safety Skills

This one-day interactive training will help you understand how to recognize, react, and protect yourself from the hazards associated with an oil spill. The class will cover hazardous situation recognition, personal protective equipment, decontamination procedures, and an overview of how oil spill response operations are conducted. The class also examines hazards associated with working around oiled wildlife.

NOTE: While some of the subject matter discussed is related to oiled wildlife specific hazards, this training is not a wildlife handling or treatment course.

For further questions, please email Nhi Irwin at nhi.irwin@ecy.wa.gov

What to Expect from the Training

  • Check in starts at 7:30 AM so please come early. Class will start promptly at 8:00 AM.
  • Come prepared to be part of an interactive day of training, including demonstration of incident briefings and break out sessions for group discussions. Course materials will be made available.
  • Light refreshments will be served, but you are on your own for lunch. The Port Angeles facility does not have a writing surface so you may want to bring a notebook or clipboard. The Everett facility provides desks.
  • Upon completion, you will receive an 8-hr Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) certificate. This class satisfies the annual HAZWOPER renewal requirements.

 
Date Time Tide (ft)
Port Angeles - January
1/18/2019 10:45 AM 8.15
1/19/2019 11:29 AM 8.40
1/20/2019 12:19 PM 8.52
1/21/2019 1:11 PM 8.45
1/22/2019 2:05 PM 8.13
Sequim - January
1/26/2019 7:58 AM 8.97
        

Participate in the Newly State Launched MyCoast

You can help document the changing coast in Clallam County by using  MyCoast  to document tides, storm damage, marine debris, creosote pilings and much more. Take a picture using the MyCoast mobile app or submit it via your browser when you get back to your computer.  The MyCoast servers fetch the background data such as tides and weather to add context to your picture. State and municipal employees, planners, developers, business owners, and others can use your data to make better decisions.

You can take pictures anywhere and upload them in MyCoast, but Clallam MRC has selected two beaches to focus the effort. The first beach is the Three Crabs restoration site and the second beach is Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles (look for the white footprints and take pictures while standing on them including the features in the two circles).  To learn more, you can join the MyCoast webinar. To participate please email Helle Andersen at handersen@co.clallam.wa.us. The table above summarizes the upcoming daylight king tides in the Port Angeles and Sequim area.

3 Crabs Restoration Site
Hollywood Beach