Hazmat drill with leaking pressure cylinder near Williamsport Pike, Berkeley County WV
Emergency responders conducted a hazmat drill near Williamsport Pike. A 250-pound pressure cylinder fell and was leaking unknown material. Fire command was established and a hazmat trailer was deployed. Safety measures were exercised during the drill. No actual hazard occurred.
Audio|Source: Berkeley County Fire & EMS
04:13
Transcript:
00:00
Fireboard.
00:01
This is 16.
00:02
The county unit available for a welfare check, 911 hangup[1], near Brazenberg Drive,
00:10
in the areas,
00:13
Williamsport Pike.
00:17
Do you want me to keep trying to make contact access?
00:21
That's affirmative.
00:26
And show squad 16 on scene, we're going to be established in command.
00:30
It looks like we have a single 55-gallon drum and some sort of overpack.
00:38
I'll advise further in a moment, exercise.
00:43
Copy.
00:50
In the 16, 5-4, do you want me to go ahead and start a time hack?
01:02
5-1-11-or-16, do you repeat traffic exercise?
01:08
Do you want to go ahead initiate a 15-minute hard check exercise?
01:17
By-Were, you should probably act on your exercise.
01:25
Copy. All the cell.
01:29
Bobo for asking you can you show us staging beside the clinic exercise?
01:39
Fireboard from command.
01:43
Doug, command exercise.
01:47
We were just approached by a worker who advised that they were dealing with 250-pound pressure at cylinders. One of them is falling over and is currently off-gassing and the unknown material exercise.
02:03
Copy.
02:04
Worker contacts you.
02:07
Equipment falls,
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off-gassing,
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and do not know what it is at this time.
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1230C. exercise.
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Squat 16, 11,
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16, eating from us at this time,
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exercise.
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Negative, continue.
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Negative, continue staging, roll by program in a moment.
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Act yourself.
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Okay, action.
02:47
budget 16 the advice our technicians totally work as to figure out a broad-out distance.
02:54
Exercise and exercise. Got the actions.
03:18
Cardboard front command.
03:22
Go ahead and dispatch Utility 16 with a hazementraiserable.
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Go ahead and dispatch Utility 16 with a asthma tractor set.
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Copy.
03:36
Just match Utility 16 with a half for trailer.
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12.2 meters up.
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Two back in service, 1242.
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That's one.
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TGEL be 16.
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For the request of command,
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need to respond to building outside 1051, building outside 1051 with the hazmat trailer for a spill.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
911 hangup: Disconnected 911 call; caller ended the call and could not be reached on callback
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