Areas in and around the ice plant in Concord were evacuated for about an hour Sunday afternoon due to an ammonia leak at plant, according to residents.
All areas had apparently been reopened by 3:30 p.m.
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Its always nice to be critiqued by "ROOKIE" wanna be firefighters. Maybe we shouldnt make judgements if we have never been in the "BIG BOYS" seat on the right side of the rig.
Sincerely
Ben There Done That
pp 304 SM Spill day / nite
30 m (100 ft) 0.1 km (0.1 mi) 0.2 km (0.1 mi)
Lg Spill day /nite
150 m (500 ft) 0.8 km (0.5 mi) 2.3 km (1.4)
I bet it took longer to enact a evacuation response than the actual evacuation itself.
Yes Mark I would say premature-evacuation. You know not every incident is an all out full blown situation.
I hope a local farmer doesn't accidentally drops a bag of ammonia-nitrate and it spills in the road. The GBI or ATF may have to be called in.
Mark I like that play on words "premature evacuation".
Your comments truly show your LACK of training,fire service experience, and totally reinforces my opinion that you are most definately a ROOKIE firefighter. Take my advice and keep riding backwards in the rig and leave the HARD DECISIONS to the more experienced guy riding the seat. Lord knows, with your lack of knowledge in fire tatics and working knowledge of hazard management and personnel safety you will surely get you, your crew and many in the general public killed!!! Go to school, learn to be a safe firefighter and come back on this site in 15 years or so when you have paid your dues in this job and then maybe you could carry on an intellegent fire service conversation with firefighters that truly know what life safety and protecting the public is all about.
PS: If you think PCES turned the incident into a training exercise than maybe you should attend a few and you may better represent yourself as someone that has some amount of knowledge on the topic at hand.
The HAZMAT gear we put on it also helped us bunches. Let's see, hmmm, the latest and greatest CBRN suits, monitors, samplers, hands-free mics, decon showers, etc. The up-front money was well worth it. We asked for help "just in case." Nothing wrong with a backup plan.
Entry was made using a set of bronze-plated titanium hydraulic tools with tungsten tips. Very strong, very light, and very non-sparking. We got a little wild and probably did a bit more damage than was needed in venting the place. Heck, they'll be in business in no time, delivering ice. Again, the money was well-spent.
All the support people were sporting new uniforms. They're a high-count Egyptian cotton/Chinese silk blend. Nothing like keeping the oppressed workers of the world in their oppressive jobs.
And support workers we had! We put those new uniforms on all of our people and even their families down to their kids. No such thing as too much help with a good showing. The kids had a good time playing in the new decon shower and riding Grandma's new PCES-lettered and painted ride from the Scooter Store. Oh, Grandma was making a big hole in the side of the ice factory with the new cutters (see above).
The hardest thing about the incident was what to eat. Since money was no concern and we couldn't get together on what we were going to eat (kids and Grandma can be picky), we decided on take-out from Outback Steakhouse in Peachtree City (they deliver if the price is right) and Pizza Hut of Griffin. The latter was a combo of pizzas and hot wings.
Now, don't worry about the tab for Sunday's Ammonia Outing on the Green. We won't have to ask for a SPLOST to cover it. It's taken care of already!
Blocking off streets is not evacuating; it is simply setting a safety zone. Evacuation would have constituted removing civilians and monitoring air the air quality. Actually it gets more in-depth that but that is a basic analogy. It appears this evacuation was over within an hour or less so the term was improperly used.
Someone already has referenced the ERG, for this type of spill or leak it requires fully encapsulating, vapor protective clothing that should be worn for spills and leaks with no fire, which I know PCFD does not have.
I am of the opinion that the IC should have better PR control and/or monitor the editing of press releases more carefully. Other than that it looks like the PCFD did a good job.
Common since tells you if PCVFD handled the situation without help from an outside agency it wasn't that problematic.
As a professional I also agree with the metro FF's.
would complain about nobody being "too safe"! I'm proud of our fire department and i feel safe knowing we have these men and women who genuinely want to help others! God knows they don't get any gratitude from you fine citizens!
****Remember*** The profession that one chooses will define that person when his career is over.
People aren't appreciated for the sacrifices that are made and volunteers get cut down on websites that allow comments without putting your name on your opinion.