Safety, Maps, and Other Work

Additional work related to analyses and assessments. Includes the background documents for the Arctic Rescue project series.

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    Arctic Wildland Fire Sharing Circle Summary Report
    (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2022-03) Arctic Council
    The Arctic Wildland Fire Sharing Circle, held in November 2021, brought together multiple Working Groups, diverse participants, and a range of projects active and planned for the Arctic in an innovative way to learn, share, and discuss. It fostered a spirit of inclusiveness, and was unique in looking across borders and Working Groups to bring a truly circumpolar lens to wildland fire in the Arctic.
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    Arctic Marine Risk Assessment Guideline Fact Sheet
    (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2020) Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR)
    As a follow-up to the Arctic Council Framework Plan for Oil Pollution Prevention (2015), the Arctic Council Working Group Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR) identified the need for a common approach to marine risk assessments in the Arctic region. The Guideline aims to engage Arctic stakeholders to agree on best practice methods and data sources, and make these readily available, and to better understand, communicate and incorporate specific Arctic risk influencing factors (ARIFs) into the risk assessment process.
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    Search and Rescue Cooperation in the Arctic
    (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2020-08) EPPR
    Fact sheet on The Agreement on Cooperation on Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue in the Arctic
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    Final Report; Standardization as a Tool for Prevention of Oil Spills in the Arctic
    (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-05-11) Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR); Arctic Council Secretariat
    The report on "Standards for the Prevention of Oil Spills from Offshore Oil and Maritime Industry in the Arctic" has been prepared for the Arctic Council - Emergency, Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR) Working Group as a response to the Task Force on Pollution Prevention (TFOPP) Framework Plan recommendation "Promotion of standardization activities".
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    Standardization as a Tool for Prevention of Oil Spills in the Arctic; Summary Report
    (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-05-11) Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR); Arctic Council Secretariat
    The project "Standardization as a Tool for Prevention of Oil Spills in the Arctic" was approved by EPPR in May 2015 and received concurrence for action by the Senior Arctic Officials (SAOs) at their October meeting, 2015.