Two POLMAR-Terre training courses organised in the Landes and the Pyrénées-Orientales

In October, CEDRE and PNE (Pôle national d'expertise POLMAR-Terre) organised two training courses at the request of the POLMAR-Terre correspondents for the Landes and Pyrénées-Orientales DDTMs (Departmental Directorates for Territories and the Sea).

Intended for local councillors and field practitioners, these training courses were designed to strengthen local stakeholders’ knowledge and operational capabilities in relation to marine pollution.

Following the training sessions, boom deployment exercises were organised with the support of the POLMAR-Terre stockpiles in Verdon and Port-de-Bouc.

In the Landes area, the exercise aimed to install a barrier system to block off the Courant de Contis. In the Pyrénées-Orientales, the aim was to protect the entrance to the port of Saint-Cyprien.

In addition, a tabletop exercise was organised during which several departments within the Pyrénées-Orientales area were able to practise managing a marine pollution incident and to work on coordinating their response.