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More than a dozen members of the team recently participated in update and response based scenarios using the HAZMAT ID 360.&n...

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Congratulations on the New Officer Assignments 2012

Tim Hallam stepped down from Captain with Anthony Henry stepping in to the Captain's Helmet.
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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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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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Tractor Trailer Overturned With HAZMAT

Sat. Nov 20th 2010

0646 hours a placarded double T/T transporting a Class 3 Flammable Liquid flipped the rear trailer on it's side on the West bound entrance ramp to Interstate 70. Stations 25 & 26 responded to control the scene and provide fire suppression and traffic control. The Incident Comman...

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Ammonia Leak at Supervalu Level A Response

Wed. Sep 29th 2010

HMRT 800 responded to Supervalu on Paintersville Road in Hempfield Township. A leak from an electric solenoid valve on the roof dripping at a rate of about 2 drips per minute sounded an alarm and prompted a manual alarm for evacuation of the facility for about 3 hours. Team members dres...

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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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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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