Emergency Response

Emergency Response For Adults and Professionals

  • Learn all about the NOAA Marine Debris Program's efforts to coordinate and facilitate response to emergencies and natural disasters, from storms to tsunamis.

    Emergency Response

    Marine debris after Japanese tsunami.
    Marine debris is an everyday problem, but natural disasters have the potential to make it worse. To mitigate these impacts, the NOAA Marine Debris Program is facilitating response planning efforts in coastal states.

    Response Guides

    Abandoned boats loaded on a salvage vessel.
    Emergency Response Guides provide specific direction for coordinating local, state, and federal response to acute marine debris events.

    National Ocean Service Hurricane Planning and Response

    Satellite view of a hurricane making landfall on the North Carolina coast.
    Learn about hurricanes and explore our roles and responsibilities related to hurricane preparedness, response, and recovery with this resource collection from the National Ocean Service.

    Storm Preparedness & Marine Debris Fact Sheet

    Storm Preparedness & Marine Debris Fact Sheet.
    This document (also available in Spanish) runs through some basic steps to prepare for storms and prevent your property from becoming marine debris.

For citation purposes, unless otherwise noted, this article was authored by the NOAA Marine Debris Program.

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