Westmoreland County Hazardous Materials Response Team 800
Saturday, May 13th, 2023
A Tractor Low Boy combination had a roll away event and jacknifed causing the saddle tank to rupture. Local fire departments placed pads and booms and requested assistance form the team to capture an...
Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
Team 800 assisted fire departments at 5th street in Seward PA with an underflow dam and additional pads and booms. The spill was quickly mitigated with pads and booms where they could locate the prod...
Friday, November 11th, 2022
Team 800 responded at the request of Station 6, Westmoreland County, to the area off Tinker Run Park for a smell that had been reported in the area and a sheen on the stream from the day before. Multi...
Monday, September 12th, 2022
Team 800 responded to a facility in Greensburg City that encountered an Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) battery unit failure and worked along with FD ventilation crews to conduct air monitoring and m...
Friday, May 19th, 2023
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Saturday, May 13th, 2023
Team 800 assisted Hempfield Township, Westmoreland companies with mitigating a saddletank rupture from a jackknifed tractor and low boy trailer. Several companies spread out to the collection basins, ...
Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
Rescue 800 crew participated in the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport FAA Triennial drill on May 10, 2023. Rescue 800 carries various high pressure, low pressure, pipe and wedge airbags and simulated lif...
Wednesday, April 26th, 2023
THANK YOU! To all that attended the Hazmat Open House on Saturday 4/22. Westmoreland County is celebrating 250 years and Team 800 has been providing Hazmat response for over 40 of those years. Dozens ...
Call history
Fuel Spill - Gasoline
Thursday, March 12th, 2015
Team 800 activated to assist Stations 20 & 64 for a gasoline spill on Route 22 in Murrysville. Local fire with PennDOT and a representative with the Department of Environmental Protection contained the spill and placed protective measures to prevent infiltration into Turtle Creek.
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Saturday, May 13th, 2023
A Tractor Low Boy combination had a roll away event and jacknifed causing the saddle tank to rupture. Local fire departments placed pads and booms and requested assistance form the team to capture any additional areas beyond their initial mitigation.
Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
Team 800 assisted fire departments at 5th street in Seward PA with an underflow dam and additional pads and booms. The spill was quickly mitigated with pads and booms where they could locate the product and the team provided additional manpower.
Friday, November 11th, 2022
Team 800 responded at the request of Station 6, Westmoreland County, to the area off Tinker Run Park for a smell that had been reported in the area and a sheen on the stream from the day before. Multiple booms and an underflow dam were put in place to capture the sheen.
Monday, September 12th, 2022
Team 800 responded to a facility in Greensburg City that encountered an Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) battery unit failure and worked along with FD ventilation crews to conduct air monitoring and mitigate a small spill as a result of the incident.
Monday, February 21st, 2022
Team 800 responded to Mutual, Unity Township to assist Station 83 Mutual & 36 Pleasant Unity fire departments to mitigate a leaking home heating fuel tank. The resident quickly called 9-1-1 to report the spill that allowed for a quick assessment by the fire officer and fire personnel to start di...
Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
East Huntingdon Township Home Heating Fuel Leak, Team 800 personnel assisted local FD to mitigate fuel spill in the basement and then provided assistance to construct an underflow dam to collect the leaking fuel in a nearby stream.
Friday, January 14th, 2022
Team 800 responded on 1/14 to a fuel spill involving a reefer trailer diesel tank that was damaged when the trailer had become disconnected from the tractor. Team 800 assisted Station 26 with mitigation as needed and remained on scene until the trailer was lifted for further assessment.
Saturday, December 18th, 2021
Team 800 was requested at approximately 2000 hrs to assist and support New Kensington City FD with the containment and mitigation of a vehicle accident involving two 55 gallon drums of used oil damaged/breached.
Tuesday, January 12th, 2021
Team 800 responded at 0108 hrs to a cold storage and food distribution warehouse to assist first due companies comprised of equipment from 5 departments for an ammonia alarm going off. First in personnel made a quick assessment with the facility operations and activated emergency shut down procedure...
Friday, October 14th, 2016
Assisting "Crash 121" for airport response.
Wednesday, October 12th, 2016
Assisting Station 105 in Rostraver Township
Friday, October 7th, 2016
Team 800 Assisting Penn Township fire companies.
Saturday, October 1st, 2016
Assisting Station 78
Tuesday, September 6th, 2016
Decon set up.
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
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Friday, July 1st, 2016
Team 800 assisted Hempfield Fire departments with a tar buggy on vehicle MVA on Route 30. The tar emulsion is a water based product that is used for asphalt driveway sealant. PennDot and PA DEP were promptly notified by the Fire Dept Incident Command for cleanup guidance and the spill was mitigated ...
Monday, March 21st, 2016
Team 800 responded to a assist Turkeytown Fire Department in mitigating heating oil tanks that were in proximity to a structure fire and developed a leak into the soil at the fire ground. 11 Team personnel responded to the Monday morning incident and quickly offloaded the leaking fuel into dr...
Monday, February 8th, 2016
Team 800 officer requested to Ligonier Township for an ongoing fuel spill situation involving a heating fuel tank. PA DEP, PA Fish and Boat Commission, and the Local EMA also responded to the scene. The incident involved a saturated soil area and required a minor stream side mitigation.
Monday, January 25th, 2016
Team 800 responded to a request from Chestnut Ridge Fire to assist with a possible fuel spill in Donegal Township. Units were cancelled enroute as local fire was able to mitigate the problem with initial response.
Saturday, January 2nd, 2016
Assist Vandergrift Borough with response standby. Cancelled enroute.1609 hours.
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