| Hazardous Materials Response |
- Over 30 firefighters are trained to the Hazardous Materials
Technician level. - All Technicians have been trained to specialize in
emergency response to Chlorine Incidents. - Firefighter response is geared to mitigate incidents and to
lessen exposure and harm to people and the environment. - Firefighters perform atmospheric monitoring, damming,
plugging, and patching as necessary.
- All equipment is housed in a 28 foot self
contained trailer capable of being
transported to the scene in a matter of
minutes. - All firefighters have been trained in
Weapons of Mass Destruction with
several trained to the advanced level of
Terrorism Technicians. - The Lancaster Fire Department has a wide
array of decontamination capabilities up
to, and including, mass decontamination. - Projections of affected areas in the event
of a hazardous release are prepared in
text and map form using computer models
generated through CAMEO, Marplot, and
ALOHA.
