Type of exercise
Full-scale exercise
Action tested
Equipment deployment
Communication
Coordination
Modelling
Protocol compliance
Type of incident
Spill
Coastal
Open-sea
Organisation
Maritime and Coastguard Agency UK
UK, several locations
The main objective of this exercise was to test the United Kingdom’s (UK) National Contingency Plan - A Strategic Overview for Responses to Marine Pollution from Shipping and Offshore Installations (NCP).
Marine/coastal environments
National
English
Exercises documentation
UK National Contingency Plan Exercise DRAGON Report
Report
Exercise DRAGON was a live multi-agency Oil Spill Response Exercise designed to test the United Kingdom (UK) National Contingency Plan - A Strategic Overview for Responses to Marine Pollution from Shipping and Offshore Installations (NCP). The exercise held on 10th and 11th September 2014 involving over 180 participants from 39 organisations operating across 15 different response cells in Liverpool, London, Cheshire, Warrington, North Wales and Milan.
2014
English