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Fri. Dec 23rd 2011
Congratulations on the New Officer Assignments 2012

Tim Hallam stepped down from Captain with Anthony Henry stepping in to the Captain's Helmet.
Adam Dancho moved up from Li...

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Mon. Dec 19th 2011
HAZMAT Team 800 Member of the Year Announced, 25 Year Member Also Recognized

Mark Castin, Technician, EMT, Police Officer, Diver was named HAZMAT member of the year by Chief Wright at the 11th Annu...

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Sat. Dec 17th 2011
11th Annual Christmas Banquet

All members and friends of the Westmoreland County Hazardous Materials Team 800 mark your calender for the 11th Annual Christ...

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News Headlines
 
Congratulations on the New Officer Assignments 2012
Fri. Dec 23rd 2011
Tim Hallam stepped down from Captain with Anthony Henry stepping in to the Captain's Helmet. Adam Dancho moved up from Lieutenant 2 to the Lieutenant 1 slot with Chet Bell stepping down. Mark Castin moves into the Lieutenant 2 position. William  R. Wright Jr. steps down as Team President wit...

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HAZMAT Team 800 Member of the Year Announced, 25 Year Member Also Recognized
Mon. Dec 19th 2011
Mark Castin, Technician, EMT, Police Officer, Diver was named HAZMAT member of the year by Chief Wright at the 11th Annual Christmas Banquet.  Mark has contributed a lot in the past year and deserves the award said Chief Wright. Ricky Smail also was hailed by Chief Wright  for his de...

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11th Annual Christmas Banquet
Sat. Dec 17th 2011
All members and friends of the Westmoreland County Hazardous Materials Team 800 mark your calender for the 11th Annual Christmas Banquet on December 17th.  Come celebrate another year and our recent quadrennial recertification.  Starts at 6:00 pm with Dinner at 7:00 pm RSVP Capt Hall...

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Assistant Chief Richard Johnson Receives "President's" Award from PAHMT
Sun. Oct 2nd 2011
Richard Johnson recieved the "President's" award from The Pennsylvania Association of Hazardous Materials Technicians at the recent conference held in Harrisburg at the Harrisburg Area Community College Wildwood Center.  Over 120 participant members and world renowned instructors on H...

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Airshow 2011
Sun. Aug 21st 2011
Team members were on airport property for standby assist for the 2011 Arnold Palmer Regional Airport both days for Crash 121 along with other mutual aid departments.  Team members mitigated some minor drips and spills often associated with static display air ships and also mitigated a small spi...

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General Products Ammonia Spill
Thu. Aug 25th 2011
Team 800 responded to mitigate and contain a reported ammonia spill at General Products Inc. in Murrysville.  Two chemicals were found to be leaking one containing morpholine and another with aqua ammonia at 29% concentration were involved.  A full Level A response was required with d...

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Speers Bridge Route 70 Fuel Spill - Monongahela River
Wed. Aug 24th 2011
Team 800 and Station 31 responded to the Speers Bridge for a Tractor Trailer leaking fuel at the request of PSP Belle Vernon.  Some diesel fuel leaked from the saddle tank and was mitigated by HAZMAT, Fire and Water Rescue personnel with booms.  The incident required about 4 hours of mitig...

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Fuel Spill Route 30 East - Ligonier Borough
Wed. Apr 20th 2011
Dispatch Assignment: Station 43 (Ligonier), Special Call: Team 800 (Hazmat), Station 42 (Darlington) Location: Route 30 East beginning at Walnut Street, Ligonier Borough Weather: Cloudy 60F. Reported: Fuel Spill on Roadway Rescue 43 assisted with spill containment, and leak mitigation. Service ...

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Tractor Trailer MVA Route 66 - Fuel Spill
Fri. Feb 25th 2011
A Hempfield Township incident on Business Route 66 prompted fire response to activate the HAZMAT team to assist in a possible 150 gallon fuel spill from a tractor trailer haling sand in a hopper type trailer.  HAZMAT pumped off remaining fuel in the truck and help provide extension of the fuel ...

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Tractor Trailer vs. SUV - Fuel Spill
Mon. Dec 13th 2010
Team 800 responded to State Route 22 and State Park Road in Derry Township to assist in mitigating a fuel spill from a tractor trailer that had been involved with a passenger vehicle and subsequently ruptured the saddle tank.  The vehicles sustained serious damage and fuel was spread over the h...

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Recent Calls

Thu. Aug 25th 2011
General Products Ammonia Spill

Team 800 responded to mitigate and contain a reported ammonia spill at General Products Inc. in Murrysville.  Two c...

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Wed. Aug 24th 2011
Speers Bridge Route 70 Fuel Spill - Monongahela River

Team 800 and Station 31 responded to the Speers Bridge for a Tractor Trailer leaking fuel at the request of PSP Belle Vernon....

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Wed. Apr 20th 2011
Fuel Spill Route 30 East - Ligonier Borough

Dispatch Assignment: Station 43 (Ligonier), Special Call: Team 800 (Hazmat), Station 42 (Darlington)
Location : Route 30 ...

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12th Matt Shipley
13th Bill Fink
14th Bob Wright
16th Bill Wright
24th Todd Brant
26th Stephen Yusko
28th John Bacha
28th Samuel Sarraf III


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