Fire Chief Tom George & Assistant Chief Robert Hebert accept the OSPRA Award from Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, (left) & Greg Pollock, Deputy Commissioner, (right).

 

The NBVFD was nominated for the OSPRA, (Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act) Award for thier actions during a response to a tug boat that sank in the Nassau Bay Lagoon and was leaking oil, and diesel fuel into the water. The NBVFD resonded, setup thier Command Post, boomed the area around the boat to contain the fluids and remained on scene for three days to assure the spill was cleaned and the boat was removed.

Officials from the Texas General Land Office presented the award on Wednesday April 25th, 2007 at the Stephen F. Austin Building in Austin Texas. During thier presentation they stated the NBVFD had gone way beyond the call of duty for their actions during the tug boat event. From the time the GLO arrived on scene they were impressed by the way the NBVFD had setup the scene using the Incident Command System, and had setup the initial booming of the area.

Other agancies assited the NBVFD during this incident. The Kemah Fire Department, The U.S. Coast Guard, the Texas General Land Office, the City of Nassau Bay, the Nassau Bay Police Department, and the Nassau Bay EMS.

See the Texas GLO award anouncement by clicking here.

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