Camp Pendleton Oil and Hazardous Substance

Integrated Contingency Plan

II.1 Discovery of an Incident

Standard Operating Procedures for First on the Scene

Step 1. Recognize the incident.
Protect yourself. Keep calm, do not panic, and do not be a hero. Your goal is to protect
people first, then the environment.

Step 2. Answer questions below to assess the incidentsee Spill Flow Chart
Is there any danger to life and health?
Is the nature of the material unknown?
Is the spill in or threatening water?
Is there any leaking gas cylinder?
Is there a potential for the spill to migrate off-base?

Step 3. Determine if threshold quantities are exceeded using Table II.1

(next page).
Step 4. Determine incident level using Spill Flow Chart and Table II.2
Step 5. Follow instructions in First on the Scene Flowchart, in Section II.2 for
Tier I incidents, and in Section II.4 for Tier II and Tier III incidents.
Step 6. Follow procedures A through H to protect people and call 911.
A. Designate someone to immediately call 911.

B. If this is a life-threatening situation, initiate evacuation of your building or area

by the verbal command Chemical release, evacuate!
C. Follow the posted evacuation route quickly and calmly. Upon reaching the
staging area, conduct a head count.
D. If the situation is not life threatening, notify personnel in the immediate vicinity
of the release or hazard.
E. Isolate and deny entryshut doors and prevent people from entering.
F. If it is safe to do so, restrict sources of ignition (flares, automobile engines, etc.)

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TABLE II.1
Tier II Spill Threshold Quantities

Quantity If exceeded, this is a Tier II Spill

Compound
Call 911 immediately
Petroleum, oils and lubricants (POLS) 42 gallons or a significant sheen on a water body
Gasoline 5 gallons or a significant sheen on a water body
JP-5, JP-8, or diesel 42 gallons or a significant sheen on a water body
Paint 42 gallons
STB Bleach 1 gallon
DS-2 1 gallon
Sulfuric Acid 1 gallon
Unknown chemical Any quantity
Compressed Gas Any leak
Out-of-control chemical reaction Any size
Stray munitions that leave target area Any stray munitions
Other known chemicals Greater than CERCLA Reportable Quantities1
1CERCLA Reportable Quantities are listed in Attachment 1 of this Core Plan (see gray tab).

G. Provide the 911 dispatcher with the following information:

Description of the incident
Assistance requested
Location of incident
Number and extent of injuries (if applicable)
Name and quantity of hazardous materials involved (if applicable or known)
Your name and phone number
Do you have a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for the chemical that
spilled?
H. Remain on the line until the 911 dispatcher releases you.
Table II.3 presents important phone numbers that may be useful to the First-on-the-Scene.

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TABLE II.2
Determination of Incident Levels

Incident Level
Tier I Tier II Tier III

General Small spill or Larger spill or Major incident that requires

Description release that poses release that requires assistance from outside the
minimal danger assistance from Fire base
Department
How can I tell? Spill is below Spill is larger Chlorine leak
quantities in than quantities
Table II.1 in Table II.1 Spill into a natural body of
water (estuaries, creeks, or
Spill is below Spill is larger ocean) large spill
CERCLA than CERCLA
Reportable Reportable Train crash or derailment
Quantities (see Quantities (see Truck crash on I-5
Attachment 1 to Attachment 1 to
Core Plan) Core Plan) Other professional
judgment of the Fire
Any significant Department
sheen on water
bodies (estuaries,
creeks, or ocean)
What section of II.2 II.4 II.4
the ICP tells me
what to do?
Who should be Discoverer (if Fire Department Fire Department, San Diego
the Initial properly trained to County HIRT Team, U.S. Coast
Responder? handle material) Guard and others

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TABLE II.3
Key Contact Organization Names and Phone Numbers for Discoverer

Office Phone Number

MCB Camp Pendleton Fire Department 911, 725-4321 (dispatch) or 911
Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton 760/725-1611
AC/S, Environmental Security 760/725-9768 (during work hours)
Facility Management Department (FMD) 760/725-3084 or
Spill Response 760/725-4368 (or call JECC dispatcher)
In case of marine spill near trained dolphin 619/437-2906
pens: Explosive Ordnance Mobile Unit 3
at Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado

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