Derby / Orange (New Haven), CT HAZMAT - 2/25/06

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Date: Feb 25th, 2006

Time: 08:50

Location: Route 34 @ the Derby / Orange town line

Frequency: DERBY - 453.0500 / ORANGE - 452.2250

Units Operating: DFD - E-13. E-14, E-16, T-15, R-18, HM-19, FD-1, FD-4, 4 KILO10

OFD - E-35, E-34, C-1, (several others will be updated)

Description Of Incident:

Roll over of a oil delivery tanker on the Eastbound side of Route 34. Truck is overturned into a small brook.

Orange C-1 is Incident command at the McDonalds on the Westbound side of Route 34.

Derby FD HazMat Team taking control of spill and trying to stop it.

OFD Members dyking and diverting.

Residents in the area of Fernbrook to Garden Roads are being evacuated.

Several buisinesses are closed.

Traffic being diverted from area.

DOT notified for sand trucks to scene on a rush.

Approximately 1000 gallons are out.

DEP notifed to respond to location.

UPDATE:

*Product in small river / brook flowing south west. DFD units trying to get to Derby-Milford Road end of brook to stop product. 09:08

OFD units operating on channel 2 (unknown frequency)

*FD-1 Derby asking Firecomm on status of sand trucks and also giving info to contact carrier to get another truck to scene to off load rest of product. 09:10

UPDATE - 09:25

DFD FD-3 reporting that product has not reached Derby-Milford Road end of waterway.

09:28 CT DEP on scene

9:30 - Leak Stopped from truck

09:33 - Ansonia FD Squad 9 & HazMat 2 being dispatched for extra hazmat supplies. Ansonia Rescue Decon unit also reponding to Rte. 34 IFO Wendy's

FINAL UPDATE - 13:12

The accident involved a tractor trailer tanker that overturned on Route 34 in front of McDonalds. Product did make its way down to the Derby Milford Road end of the waterway where it was being contained by additional crews. Ansonia Squad 9 was released and Derby and Orange units continued to operate with DEP. Units should still be there for several more hours.

Writer: IzzyEng4

Edited February 25, 2006 by IzzyEng4