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Course: BLD 167 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response > Section: BLD 167 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response

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Roles of Emergency Response in a HAZWOPER Site Emergency Contingency Plan

A HAZWOPER emergency response can have number of factors like this surrounding the explosion, fire, sinking, and loss of crew members onboard the GULF OF MEXICO MISSISSIPPI CANYON BLOCK 252 Mobile Offshore Drill Unit (MODU) 252 Deepwater Horizon Drill Rig in the Gulf of Mexico between April 20-22, 2010.  The result was a disaster of an oil spill.

This explosion resulted in 30,000 workers being dispatch and to clean up shores on across four to five states. @4 Hour trained technicians level emergency responders on the water and 40 Hour HAZWOPER trained personnel on the shorelines and bases.  Litigation continues from April 2010 to the December 2013 over damages and 11 deaths.