Burrard Clean Operations (BCO) must demonstrate to Transport Canada that it is prepared to respond to a spill under various circumstances. As a response organization, this certification is required every three years under the Canada Shipping Act. In order to continually meet requirements, BCO holds a number of both field exercises and spill response training courses within each certification period.

Every year

• Notification exercises (quarterly)
• 150 tonne equipment deployment
• 1,000 tonne table-top scenario

Every 2 years

• 2,500 tonne equipment deployment

Every 3 years

• 10,000 tonne table-top scenario

BCO also participates in numerous member exercises, as well as annual joint US and Canadian Coast Guard cross-border/mutual aid exercises for both the Alaska/BC and Washington State/BC borders.

Training

Courses include a wide range of oil spill topics including marine, land and river spills, Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Team (SCAT) and trajectory modeling, and Incident Command System Levels 100/200/300.

BCO is certified as one of only two organizations in Canada to provide IMO courses. We now offer:

• IMO Model Level I (1st Responders)
• IMO Model Level II (Supervisors and On-Scene Commanders

*Available to both members and non-members within industry and government.

Other Certification Requirements

• A declaration and submission process
• An executive summary of the Plan
• A description of the relationship to other emergency plans/management systems
• Response organization details
• Geographic Area of Response
• Call-out procedure

• Personnel and resources available to respond
• Equipment
• Health, Safety and Loss-Control program
• Site-Specific Health and Safety Plan
• Response countermeasures
• Wildlife protection and rehabilitation