Sunday, January 2, 2011

CHFD Alarm System becomes Building Fire and HazMat



1/1/11 at 09:30 am CHFD Squrt 31 and Ladder 44 responded to 1960 Old Cuthbert for a fire alarm, Squrt 31 discovered smoke showing and requested that a Building Fire assignment bringing Squad 13, Battalion 13, BLS 1393 and the Working Fire Box Ladder 24 and Engine 22.

The fire occurred in a battery manufacturing facility and resulted in a leak of Potassium Hydroxide. CHFD HazMat team members and Camden County Department of Health neutralized the material.