Simulated Hazmat Emergency Helps Train Local Fire Department

The following was submitted by the Allamuchy Fire Department.

Allamuchy Fire was dispatched for a reported motor vehicle accident involving a tanker truck with fluids leaking and possible entrapment. As company officers arrived on scene, it was confirmed that one individual was trapped in a car and the tanker was heavily leaking gasoline from its primary tank.

This was the scenario for a drill Allamuchy Fire conducted to practice safe tactics when responding to a Hazmat situation. Firefighters and drivers learned how and where to properly place fire apparatus, initial strategies to quickly establish control of the scene, resources required, and how to control a leaking tanker.

Upon completing the exercise, firefighters debriefed and analyzed tactics that worked and didn’t, and how to further improve themselves if this were a real-life scenario.