Ossining - Major Haz Mat 12-21-15

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Date: 12-21-15
Time: 14:28hrs
Location: 19 Water St C/S Secor Rd (Metalized Carbon Company)
District: Ossining
Box: Ossining 66
Incident Commander: Car 2331
Battalion: 12
Weather: 49F, Partly Cloudy, Wind 7 MPH, Humidity 61%
Units: (See list below updates)

Writer: x635

Description: Ossining FD dispatched for assistance requested by Metalized Carbon Company to help keep tanks cool, leaking chemical resin

14:42 Car 2331 advising chemical containment issue, tanks heating up, trying to keep cool

14:52 Chemical leaking is Furfuryl Alcohol

16:08 Battalion 12 progress report 19 Water St Metalized Carbon Company, unknown quantity of furfuryl alcohol, oxidizing in containers inside and outside of structure. Structure is 30x50 foot, 1 1/2-story cinderblock building. 3 lines stretched and operating cooling the product inside and outside the building. HazMat and company officials trying to determine quantity. Chemical is contained but off gassing.
Exposure A street, B side yard, Exposure C Metro North Hudson Line, Exposure D storage yard

16:36 Battalion 12 advising MTA has Ossining Train Station shut down, also track shutdowns in effect

17:35 Battalion 12 Progress Report #3: Montrose VA HazMat team has made entry, 1st attempt to remove product has failed due to product reheating, 3 firefighters evaluated for respiratory issues but refused medical attention, being monitored at the scene, all companies continuing to operate, will be an extended incident

19:31 Battalion 12 Progress Report #4 All units still flowing water on containers, temperatures reduced substantially, off gassing eliminating, Metro North reopening Ossining Train Station and all normal traffic, all hands working

19:39 Battalion 12 advising Car 2331 placing situation under control

19:42 EMS 11 releasing Pleasantville VAC Rehab

20:03 Battalion 12 releasing Montrose VA Haz Mat 3

20:29 Relocated companies (Millwood Engine 247, Tarrytown Ladder 37) being released

20:29 Battalion 12 in service

20:34 Car 2331 advising all units in service, command terminated

Units:
Ossining FD Engine 96, Engine 97, Engine 98, Engine 99, Engine 100, Engine 101, Ladder 41, Tower Ladder 42, Rescue 14
Car 2331 (I/C)
Montrose VA FD Haz Mat 3, Car 2571
Briarcliff FD Recue 37 (Cascade), 53-B-2 (covering calls in Ossining)

Tarrytown FD Ladder 37 (Relocate Ossining FD HQ)
Millwood FD Engine 247 (Relocate Ossining FD HQ)
MTA FD Car 2643
Ossining VAC 74-A-1, 74-B-1, 74-11
Pleasantville VAC 76-B-3 (Relocate Ossining VAC HQ, then went back to PVAC to retrieve Rehab Unit), Rehab unit
Chappaqua VAC 54-B-1 (Relocate Pleasantville VAC)
Ossining PD Patrol, Supervisors (Secured Perimiter)
MTA PD Patrol, ESU, Supervisors
MTA Emergency Management, Trainmaster

WCPD Special Operations
WCDES Battalion 12, Battalion 11, Car 2001, Car 4, EMS 11, HazMat 1
WCOEM OEM-1
Con Ed Emergency Commander


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Edited December 22, 2015 by x635
UPDATED