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SF 311 - 24x7 Customer Service Center
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Oily Waste
- Animals in Distress
- Marina/Beach Activities and Closures
- Fishing Activities
- General Information
- Contacts
Currently, there are no volunteer opportunities scheduled. Please check back or call 3-1-1 for updates .
For information on volunteer opportunities other than beach clean-ups, please visit www.thevolunteercenter.net. To make a monetary donation to agencies working on Oil Spill related response, please visit www.sfgov.org/311.
Monetary donations may also be made directly to the following organizations:
- Bay Keeper, www.sfbaykeeper.org
- Golden Gate Audubon, http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/
- International Bird Rescue Research Center, http://ibrrc.org/
- Oiled Wildlife Care Network, www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/owcn/
- Save The Bay, www.savesfbay.org
For ongoing information on the Cosco Busan Oil Spill, please visit: http://www.coscobusanincident.com.
To report oil on the beach or in the water, please call (415) 398-9617.
Volunteers are discouraged from organizing and conducting beach cleanup without the proper supervision. However, if you have oily waste, place it into a double plastic bag and call (415) 398-9617. Do not dump oily waste in regular trashcans. If oil gets on skin, clean it off as soon as possible.
The San Francisco Animal Care and Control Department, in conjuction with Oilded Wildlife Care Network, has set up a system to rescue and clean any bird or mammal affected by the oil spill. Do not attempt to capture or assist a wild bird or mammal in distress. Do not approach oiled wildlife. To report oiled wildlife, please call the Oiled Wildlife Care Network at (877) 823-6926.
Marina/Beach Activities and Closures
All beaches in San Francisco are open. All beach areas will be under surveillance and will continue to be cleaned on an ongoing basis.
Small tar balls and oil will continue to wash up on our beaches for months to come. For persons who are not frequently exposed to oil, the risk is insignificant. Direct contact with oil for long periods of time may cause some people to develop a skin rash.
Beach visitors are advised to take the following precautions:
- Avoid direct skin contact with the oil.
- If you get oil or tar balls on your skin, wash it off with soap and water.
- Take precautions, such as washing your hands before eating, so you don't accidentally swallow the oil.
- If you get oil on clothing, wash it in the usual way.
- There is no need to use harsh detergents, solvents or other chemicals to wash oil from skin or clothing and the use of such materials are discouraged.
- Don't burn trash or driftwood contaminated with oil.
- If you have any concerns regarding your health, it is recommended that you contact your personal physician.
For up to date information on Bay Area beach closures and advisories, please visit the U.S. Coast Guard website at www.coscobusanincident.com.
All fishing in the Bay has been re-opened for both commercial and sport fishing. The health advisory regarding consumption of fish as a result of mercury and other contaminants remain in effect and can be reviewed at http://www.oehha.ca.gov/fish/general/sfbaydelta.html.
On Wednesday, November 7, 2007 in the early morning hours, the Cosco Busan Cargo Ship, leaving Alameda County, struck a supporting tower of the Bay Bridge. Approximately 58,000 gallons of oil spilled from the ship, and contaminated the bay water, affecting at least five Bay Area Counties.
The Unified Command managing the situation is comprised of the United States Coast Guard, which serves as the lead agency, the California State Fish and Game Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) and a contractor hired by the ship owners to respond and clean up the spill on land and water. Mayor Newsom directed the Department of Emergency Management (DEM) to provide a representative to the Unified Incident Command. San Francisco, Marin, Contra Costa, Sonoma, Solano, San Mateo and Alameda Operational Areas, as well as the Cities of Berkeley and Albany, and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area have Agency Representatives assigned to the incident.
The spill spread south to Hunter’s Point inside the Bay, around our coastline and south to Ocean Beach and Fort Funston outside the Golden Gate. San Francisco has been spared the largest concentrations of heavy oil which traveled north towards the Richmond Bridge inside the Bay and north along the Marin Coast outside the Golden Gate.
Representatives from many agencies within the ten Bay Area Counties responded immediately and have been in attendance at various command posts and on-scene since the incident. A contractor hired by the shipping company has been cleaning affected areas using paid employees. San Francisco supplemented the response with trained volunteers supervised by San Francisco Public Utilities Commission employees. Approximately 1,400 volunteers have attended training and have been issued a special, Cosco Busan Oil Spill disaster service worker ID.
Additional information may also be obtained from http://www.coscobusanincident.com/.
- Questions for the US Coast Guard should be directed to their public information office at (510) 437-3325.
- To report oil on the beach or in the water, please call (415) 398-9617.
- For pickup and disposal of oily waste, please call (415) 398-9617.
- To report oiled wildlife on the beach or in the water, please call (877) 823-6926.
- To file a claim for oiled property, please call (886) 442-9650.
- Public Information Hotline and Media Inquiries, please call (415) 398-9621.
For ongoing information on the Cosco Busan Oil Spill please visit:
http://www.coscobusanincident.com/.
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