ITOPF staff made a trip to Brest, France as some of its team visited Cedre’s facilities to take part in a four-day exchange of experience and theoretical and practical training.
The practical activities saw the ITOPF team take part in a variety of spill response exercises which included shoreline, port, and open water response techniques as well as a mock pollution event on inland waters in the Penfeld River.
During these practical exercises, newer ITOPF staff were able to experience the safe set-up and use of response equipment, benefitting from hands-on experience of how they are safely operated.
Richard Johnson, Technical Director for ITOPF said:
We have a long, established relationship with Cedre, and our return to their facilities for our bespoke exchange and training this year has yet again been a beneficial experience for newer and existing team members
The course culminated in a spill response scenario, whereby ITOPF team members were tasked with a spill of kerosene in a controlled environment, in which they controlled and recovered the spilt fuel.
