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Westmoreland County Hazardous Materials Response Team 800
108 Vannear Ave
Greensburg, PA 15601
Non-Emergency: 724-600-7104
Emergency: 911
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| | | Chief Announces 5 New HAZMAT Technicians | | Fri. Aug 27th 2010 | Chief Bill Wright announced at the monthly team meeting 5 new Hazardous Materials Technicians. These individuals conducted daily 10 hour sessions over the course of several weekends this summer at the Indiana County Fire Academy to successfully meet the requirements for Pro Board NPSQ and PSFA...
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| | SARA Drill 2010 - Operation Cloud Crest WWMA | | Thu. May 6th 2010 | The 2010 SARA Drill was conducted at the Western Westmoreland Municipal Authority Waste Water Treatment Plant in North Huntingdon Township. Agencies involved included PA Region 13, WCDPS, NHT Rescue 8, Stations 1,4,8,12, North Huntingdon Emergency Management.
Many dedicated volunteers sacrifi...
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| | HMRT 800 Golf Outing | | Sun. Mar 7th 2010 | Please join us at Champion Lakes Golf Resort on Friday May 7, 2010, Route 711 North of Ligonier for another great outing with dinner and prizes. The cost is only $85.00 per person ($10.00 discount if paid by April 26, 2010). The outing will be a classic 4 person scramble with...
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| | 2009 Christmas Banquet | | Fri. Dec 18th 2009 | The 9th annual Team 800 Christmas Banquet was held tonight, celebrating the past year, and honoring members of the Team. Justin Schell was awarded the Member Of The Year Award. The Team also honored Ken Bacha and Chief William R. Wright with the 25 Year Service Award. Dinner was ca...
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| | 2010 Election held | | Thu. Dec 17th 2009 | Tonight at the regular meeting of Team 800, the Team held the elections for its elected positions. The results that take effect immediately are as follows:
President: William R. Wright, Jr
Vice President: Bill Krulac
Secretary: Steve Tulenko
Treasurer: Sam Sarraf
Chief (2 Year Term):...
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| | | Unknown Odor in a Commercial Occupancy | | Fri. Aug 6th 2010 | Team 800 was activated to assist Station 43 with an unknown chemical odor in a Four Division combination commercial occupancy with apartments and a hair fashion salon. The Team worked in Unified Command with the Fire service personnel for 5 hours to determine a leaking gas powered generator th...
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| | Unknown Odor at Memory Care Center | | Thu. Aug 5th 2010 | Team 800 was dispatched to the Walnut Ridge Memory Care Center on Route 119 in Hempfield Township for an unknown odor that had caused some patients and care workers to seek medical attention and transport. HAZMAT operations involved multiple entry teams and air sampling to determine the s...
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| | Oil Spill Covers Bridge and Highway Over Conemaugh River | | Tue. Jul 6th 2010 | HAZMAT personnel were on scene for 2 hours to assist in mitigating an oil spill in Loyalhanna Township on Tunnelton Road. An oil filled tote was punctured inside a non-placarded box trailer causing it to distrbute a swath of oil completely covering the highway and bridge over the Con...
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| | Unknown Substance | | Wed. Jun 30th 2010 | Adamsburg crews responded late Wednesday to reports of "an unknown substance" discovered in six containers inside a storm drain in a concrete culvert under a bridge at 120 Hamilton St. near Penn Borough. The substance, described as a clear liquid found in gallon milk jugs and antifre...
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| | Blairsville VFW - RIT | | Mon. May 17th 2010 | Approximately 0906 hours a fire was reported to 911 Dispatch at the Blairsville VFW. The IC for the local fire immediately called for shutting down of US RT22 to begin operations on the commercial structure. Team 800 was called for RIT support as the fire partially extended through the s...
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| 2010 Call Volume |
| January |
9 |
| February |
7 |
| March |
12 |
| April |
6 |
| May |
9 |
| June |
10 |
| July |
8 |
| August |
10 |
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| Total |
71 |
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