Emergency interventions on land (the area around port of Antwerp)
The intervention structure to emergency situations that happen on land is similar to the one presented in section 2.1. For events that have a federal impact, the Belgian authorities rely on the equipment owned by the Ministry of Internal affairs and used by the Civil Protection services. On land, intervention equipment is located in the civil protection scenes in Brasschaat, province of Antwerp and Jabbeke, province of West-Flanders. The authorities responsible in case of an oil spill is reported in and around the port of Antwerp are: the Antwerp Port Authority (APA), the Flemish Department of Maritime Service Provision and Coast (Agentschap Maritieme Dienstverlening en Kust- MDK), the Mayor of Antwerp, the Governor and the Minister of Internal Affairs. According to the severity of an event that requires emergency intervention, the area of responsibility for each of the aforementioned mentioned authorities is presented in Figure 9.
Figure 9. Areas of responsibility in case of oil spill in and around port of Antwerp.
