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| The Community Action Partnership Program (CAPP)
is a community-based organization that was developed to involve local
individuals, groups and industry in an attempt to prepare for the even of
an oil spill or environmental emergency.
The roles of the FNBCC are:
The roles of the Community Representatives are:
Eastern Charlotte Waterways, Inc. is very involved in the CAPP program. ECW is the Chair of the Provincial Fundy NB CAPP Committee (FNBCC). This committee combines representatives from community-based environmental groups such as Eastern Charlotte Waterways, West Isles Clean Environment, St. Croix Estuary Project, and ACAP Saint John with Canadian Coast Guard representatives, Irving ALERT, NB Dept. of Environment, Emergency Measures Organization, Environment Canada, and to date community leaders from Grand Manan, St. Martins and Campobello. The Committee meets on a need to bases. Various issues are addressed in the communities. They include Volunteer training (provided bye Irving ALERT through the St. Andrews Community College), Wildlife Response (options for training in wildlife rehabilitation procedures have begun) and Contingency Plans (plans have been written to cover our primary area). We also enlist local boat owners in the "Vessels of Opportunity" program. This program identifies boats that can be accessed in the event of an emergency. The CAPP Program is a valuable tool for community. Through it, resources are listed and can be at the responder' immediate disposal in the event of an oil spill. Volunteers may be readily accessed through a digital database maintained by ECW and their training can be put to the pest possible use. Because of community involvement and training we create a much more effective response to an environmental disaster. |