IOSA is a unique community-based private non-profit organization that provides a range of response services including initial assessment, containment and cleanup, and oiled wildlife rescue. Since 1988 IOSA has been on-call 24 hours a day throughout the year and has been paged for 330 spill reports in and around the San Juan Islands and for wildlife rescue services in 3 major spills in other parts of Washington State. Out of the total, 68 have involved ongoing oil and hazardous material/debris recovery, containment booming, stopping or removing the source of oil, and/or wildlife rescue.