Hazardous material found in trash box causes evacuation, Mesa AZ
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to hazardous materials found in a trash box during bulk trash collection on W Southern Ave in Mesa. Nearby houses to the south and north were instructed to shelter in place, and a hazardous materials team was deployed to assess the situation. Access was limited around the area, and residents in adjacent homes were evacuated or sheltered as a safety precaution.
Audio|Source: Mesa Fire, Gilbert Fire, Queen Creek Fire
03:46
Transcript:
00:00
We just rolled up on an accident here on Southern near Hudest east of school. Could you sign us the MBA[2] assignment?
00:11
Copy, I'll get you started.
00:17
5-9, C-D, C-D,
00:22
(number withheld), East Williams Field Road, Latitude-59,
00:27
C-DEC-4.
00:33
Command.
00:37
Give me a run-out and I'll go ahead and take command.
00:43
There's a guy out here trying to collect the bulk trash pickup items inside a box with some hazardous material inside.
00:50
Right now we have a limited access zone set up with the caution space.
00:55
We have ourselves just to the west of the incident. We have a line on the ground.
00:59
It's charged and we have a water supply.
01:02
We have hazmat-255 who are already made contact with the site contents and they're doing research for it right now and made them a hazard sector.
01:11
Houses to the south are aware of their sheltering in place and the two houses to the north are also aware and sheltering in place.
01:17
I copy that.
01:22
The houses to the north and to the south are sheltering in place or set up to the west exposure line on the ground right now.
01:31
2009255 is taking hazards and doing research.
01:35
Let me go ahead and take command. I'm going to keep you as engine 256.
01:40
Copy your second command. I'm going to be engine 256.
01:50
56. 56.
01:52
356.
01:54
856, we're 23 in the area, we're trying to get back to the coordinates, but it's not the easiest road to get to.
02:03
10-4[1].
02:06
856 back, can you try calling the plane, right? Could you try to get us to see if we can get contact with them?
02:14
10-4[1]?
02:18
Adam, 1-2-6, got the temperature of it.
02:20
Go ahead.
02:22
It's going to be a hardy driving by Charles Robert Rundberg 6.025.
02:28
Next slide.
02:33
226.0.29 negative in the 2008 Toyota Sion.
02:39
That is expired on Phoenix to Rape Smith.
02:47
Summer from the start of the incident.
02:53
Jeff, I'm committing copy. Thank you.
03:00
1.0048-71140. Good morning.
03:06
Good morning.
03:22
It is 256.
03:26
256.
03:27
Just to give you a little, we evacuated the resident at this home right next to the scene.
03:36
Copy that. You evacuated the house just to the south, please.
03:45
One AP sign.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment—message received and understood; affirmative or OK.
[2]
MBA: Motor vehicle accident
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Location mentioned:
W Southern Ave, Mesa, AZ
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