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LBFD Hazardous Material Task Force 24 Response
By frhayes | July 8, 2009
On Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 10:00 A.M., Long Beach Fire Department (LBFD) units responded to a reported Hazardous Materials incident at 2401 SEPULVEDA BLVD, LONG BEACH, CA 90810.
Engine 13, the first arriving unit, made contact with the management from the CSTI shipping terminal who provided information that there was a slow leak from one or multiple 55 gallon drums being carried on a flat bed car in a container. The container had 80 drums in it, and absorbent pads had been placed around the liquid to prevent any spread of the liquid.
Hazardous Materials Task Force 24 (HMTF24) with the assistance of the Los Angeles City Hazardous Material team set up a “safe zone” to prevent anyone from entering the area near the flat bed. HMTF24 then made entry into the area with full protective equipment, including breathing apparatus to verify that the chemical that had been reported by management was Diethanolamine.
Information about this chemical indicated that it is extremely hazardous in cases of skin or eye contact, and in cases involving ingestion or inhalation. Due to the actions of management, and the combined efforts of the Hazardous Materials teams there were no injuries caused by this incident. A private clean up company was requested to handle this operation with all other units released from the operations.
This incident occurred in council district 7, with a total of 14 apparatus and 23 personnel working on this incident for approximately 2 hours.
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