Abstract
ABSTRACT U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office San Francisco Bay (MSO SFB) embarked on a major revision of its three Area Contingency Plans (ACPs) and published them in a new consolidated Incident Command System (ICS) based plan. Restructuring the plans to an ICS format involved consolidating over 1800 pages, adding information and reformatting the sections into recognizable divisions that are understandable to any spill responder who understands ICS. Due to the large number of sensitive sites within the San Francisco Bay and Delta (SFBD) region, this section of the ACP was reorganized and divided into Geographics Response Plans (GRPs) or geographic zones for ease of use. The SFBD GRPs have color maps that show the sensitive sites in that zone for easy identification. The new ACP can be easily accessed via any computer platform using Adobe Acrobat PDF files. The online version allows the user to zoom into any desired area with linked tables of contents and GRP map links to the sensitive sites. MSO SFB has successfully marketed this plan by publishing it on its Web site. Essential elements of an ICS based ACP and computer enhancements are presented along with problems encountered.
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