Spill Response
24-Hour Spill Response
1.877.774.5525 or 1.877.SPILL25
Spill Response Peace of Mind
Matrix responds to numerous spills every year. Our spill response experience and long‑standing relationships with regulators give you peace of mind that your environmental cleanup will be completed efficiently and in compliance with regulatory expectations. Our experience ranges from small or routine spill cleanups to large-scale multidisciplinary emergencies that have received national media attention. Whether you’d like us to play a lead or supporting role, Matrix will focus on developing pragmatic, site specific spill response strategies that incorporate the right professionals at the right time. To minimize emergency response times, Matrix has strategically distributed offices across Canada. During the early stages of a spill response, we will help you consider the possible outcomes of mitigation and identify the most appropriate cleanup strategies. The result is a cost effective, scalable response that is tailored to site conditions and your objectives.
Spill Response Protocol
Based on our experience, we put together a quick reference sheet to help you with:
- Who to notify
- Steps to ensure safety and containment
- Who can help
- Things to avoid
- Local Matrix contacts for assistance on the ground
Spill Response Protocol
Based on our experience, we put together a quick reference sheet to help you with:
- Who to notify
- Steps to ensure safety and containment
- Who can help
- Things to avoid
- Local Matrix contacts for assistance on the ground
OUR SPILL RESPONSE EXPERTISE INCLUDES
- Receptor Identification – Quickly identifying at risk receptors using GIS based tools.
- Leadership – Professionals who are trained and experienced with the Incident Command System (ICS) and skilled at developing mitigation plans and managing equipment and contractors.
- Communication – Acting as liaison with regulators, land owners, and other stakeholders.
- Flexibility – The ability to integrate parallel activities such as facility repairs and normal operations.
- Scalability – On demand support from specialists in aquatics, wildlife, vegetation, surface water, engineering, and numerical modeling disciplines.
- Innovation – In-house capability to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to provide near real-time imagery and geophysical assessment tools to help delineate contamination quickly.
- Focused Assessment – GIS-supported data gathering focused on monitoring at risk receptors.
- Daily Reporting – Daily activity summaries, figures, analytical tables, and cost reports.
- Waste Minimization – Segregating waste using field testing techniques to minimize trucking and disposal costs and technical advice when choosing onsite versus offsite treatment options.
- Support – Assisting with the transition from emergency spill response to environmental assessment, remediation, and monitoring.
- Closure – Providing the final closure report required by regulatory agencies.
PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE AND AVOID SPILLS
Our experience has also allowed us to develop proactive services aimed at helping your operation reduce or avoid spills and prepare your emergency response protocols.
- Risk Assessment and Ranking – Identifying high risk or high liability spill potential areas within existing operations.
- Planning – Developing regional spill response strategies that account for conditions such as soil type, terrain, contaminants of concern, and receptor sensitivity.
- Prevention – Supporting development of practical emergency response procedures and spill prevention programs.
- Strategic Development – Providing input on pipeline routing and other new projects to reduce future risk.
PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE AND AVOID SPILLS
Our experience has also allowed us to develop proactive services aimed at helping your operation reduce or avoid spills and prepare your emergency response protocols.
- Risk Assessment and Ranking – Identifying high risk or high liability spill potential areas within existing operations.
- Planning – Developing regional spill response strategies that account for conditions such as soil type, terrain, contaminants of concern, and receptor sensitivity.
- Prevention – Supporting development of practical emergency response procedures and spill prevention programs.
- Strategic Development – Providing input on pipeline routing and other new projects to reduce future risk.
Western Canada Spill Response Contacts
B.C.
Fort St. John – 780.512-8444
Alberta
Calgary – 403.237.0606
Cold Lake – 780.594.8103
Drayton Valley – 780.542.9148
Edmonton – 780.490.6830
Grande Prairie – 780.512.8444
Medicine Hat – 403.526.0650
Saskatchewan
Kindersley – 306.430.1186
Lloydminster – 306.825.6900
Oxbow – 306.861.7055
Regina – 306.861.7055
Saskatoon – 306.222.0892
Swift Current – 306.774.3009
Weyburn – 306.861.7055
Manitoba
Virden – 204.851.1704
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