Resources

OR&R publishes many of its guidelines for emergency responders and planners as small, field-oriented job aids.

Find electronic versions of these job aids along with other oil spill response publications here, including Seafood Safety After an Oil Spill, the Shoreline Assessment Manual, and the FOSC's Guide to NOAA Scientific Support.

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Alternative Response Tool Evaluation System (ARTES)

Characteristic Coastal Habitats: Choosing Spill Response Alternatives

Characteristics of Response Strategies: A Guide for Spill Response Planning in Marine Environments

Dispersant Application Observer Job Aid

Dispersants: A Guided Tour

FOSC's Guide to NOAA Scientific Support

GNOME User's Manual and Tour

In Situ Burning

Introduction to Coastal Habitats and Biological Resources for Spill Response

Job Aids for Spill Response

NCP Product Schedule and Notebook

Observers' Guide to Sea Ice

Oil and Sea Turtles: Biology, Planning, and Response

Oil Spill Response and Assessment Guidelines for Sea Turtles

Oil Spill Response and Killer Whales

Oil Spills and Pelagic Sargassum: Planning and Response Considerations

Oil Spills in Coral Reefs: Planning and Response Considerations

Oil Spills in Mangroves: Planning and Response Considerations

Oil Spills in Marshes: Planning and Response Considerations

Oil Spills in Rivers

Open Water Oil Identification Job Aid for Aerial Observation

OR&R Lecture Series: You Don't Know What You Don't Know

Seafood Safety After an Oil Spill

Shoreline Assessment Job Aid

Shoreline Assessment Manual

Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique (SCAT)

Shoreline Countermeasures Manuals

SMART

Tar Balls

Trajectory Analysis Handbook

Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Hurricane Response Job Aid

Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Oil Spill Response Job Aid

Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique (SCAT) Classes

Fingerprinting Oil

Oil Types

What Are Natural Oil Seeps?