Incident Case History Format

Incidents are generally given the name of the vessel or facility involved. | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)

Indicates the type of Report | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)

Date (mm/dd/yyyy) that the incident occurred. In the cases of long-duration incidents, the incident date may be reported as: mm/dd/yy - mm/dd/yy. | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)

Text description of the spill location. | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)

Latitude (degrees, minutes, N or S) of the incident. | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)

Longitude (degrees, minutes, E or W) of the incident. | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)

Specific product(s) released. | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)

Product type(s) | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)

Volume (in barrels or gallons) or mass (in pounds) of the oil or chemical spilled or with potential to spill. | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)

Source of the spilled material. Examples: a vessel, pipeline, or offshore drilling platform. | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)

Examples include: (1) biological resources, such as birds, fish crustaceans, mollusks, reptiles, marine and terrestrial mammals, and habitats; and (2) human-use resources, such as recreational areas, management areas, areas of cultural vale, and resource extraction sites. | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)

Either Yes (dispersants were used in this response) or NO (dispersants were not used). If yes, the report contains an explanatory paragraph. | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)

Either Yes (bioremediation agents were used in this response) or No (bioremediation agents were not used).If yes, report will contain an explanatory paragraph. | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)

Yes (in-situ burning was used in this response) or NO (in-situ burning was not used), If yes, report will contain an explanatory paragraph. | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)

List of Special issues relevant to the incident response, such as: massive wildlife impact (due to spilled material or cleanup operations); massive habitat loss (due to spilled material or cleanup operations); media interest; logistical or operational problems; unusual, experimental, or innovative cleanup techniques, or complex salvage operations. No or none is shown when no special interest topics were noted, When special interest topic(s) are listed, check the "Other Special Interest(s)" section for more information on those topics. | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)

List of the shoreline types that may be impacted by a spill. | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)

A brief summary of the incident and response actions, generally including the date and time of the incident, the location, weather conditions, and a summary of the events. May also describe the actions of the responsible party and response organizations, the level of Federal involvement, and the duration of the response. | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)

A brief description of the behavior of the spilled material, including: appearance, such as the formation of slicks, sheen, mousse, or tarballs; movement (on or in the water or in the air); areas impacted; amount spilled; amount recovered from sea, land, or contaminated debris; amount not recovered, because of sinking, evaporation, weathering, dissolution, ect. | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)

A discussion of the actions taken during the response, such as: control at the incident site, offloading and lightering operations, movement of vessel, precautionary protection of sensitive areas, open water recovery of spilled materials, shoreline cleanup, and removal and disposal of spilled material and contaminated debris. | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)

Further discussion of special issues listed in the Special Interest Topic(s) section, such as communication problems, special hazards encountered or large losses of organisms. | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)

A list of reports and publications that document the response operations. | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)

Date (mm/dd/yy) when the report was last edited. | Description Source: NOS, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)