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The unit that deals with pollution incident response consists of a small number of administrative and scientific staff who are based in our headquarters on the Antrim Road, Lisburn. The administrative staff work in conjunction with our field staff.
The team co-ordinates the response to all reported pollution incidents. Once an incident has been reported and its severity assessed, the Duty Emergency Pollution Officer then mobilises the staff and resources necessary to deal with each incident.
We respond to every reported incident with a view to:
If you would like to find out more about the nature of incidents that we encounter in Northern Ireland you can find details of these in our annual statistics reports which can be found in the publications section of this website some examples of which include:
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