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Home My WebLink AboutHAZMAT 93-0789 - 15999 MILITARY RD S - INCIDENT ON 3/5/199315999 MILITARY RD S "INCIDENT TYPE" WAS NOT NOTED / NO SUCH ADDRESS HAZMAT # 93-0789 TUKWILA FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE INCIDENT REPORT FDID: 17M19 Incident No: 93-000789-000 Date: 03/05/93 Multi --Agency: Dispatch: 0317 Arrival: 0324 End: 0347 Days: 0 Response: 0 07 First Co: AID 54 District: 012 Temperature: 046 (F) Aid: 0 Alarm Method: 4 Weather: 3 Situation(s): 41 49 Action(s) Taken: 71 44 63 42 Property Mangmnt: 5 Address/Location: Room/Apartment: City/State: TUKWILA, Hazard Zone: NO AUTOMATIC/MUTUAL AID RECEIVED OR PROVIDED RADIO RAIN FLAMMABLE GAS OR LIQUID CONDITION (LEAK OR SP HAZARDOUS CONDITION, STANDBY NOT CLASSIFIED A INVESTIGATE ESTABLISH SAFE AREA NOTIFY OTHER AGENCIES IDENTIFICATION/ANALYSIS OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL CENTRAL, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, NOT MIL 15880 MILITARY RD S Zip: 98188-0000 Personnel Apparatus Aerial: 00 WA 41Paid : 0001 Engine: 000 Command: 00 General Use: 13 Specific Use: 131 Bldg Occupancy: A3 Struct. Status: 2 Occupied?: 2 Census Tract: 028x.00 Truck: 01 Tanker: 00 Volunteer: 0000 Medical: 01 Other: 00 Rescue: 00 Hezmet: 00 RELIGIOUS USE (incl. used for funerals & ceme CHURC"1I,-CHAPEL, TEMPLE, MISSION, SYNAGOGUE, & BUILDING/ASSEMBLY ROOM LESS THAN 300, NO STAG IN USE WITH FURNISHINGS IN PLACE, BEING USED NO -PEOPLE I N V O L V E D - Code: RP REPORTING PARTY Name: OFF.MURPHY, TUKWILA PD Address: 6200 SOUTHCENTER BL City: TUKWILA ST: WA Code: OW OWNER Name: SEATTLE CITY LIGHT & PWR '- Address: City: SEATTLE ST: WA Code: OW OWNER Name: SEATTLE CITY LIGHT Address: City: SEATTLE ST: WA Code: WI WITNESS Name: LT. MARK HILL, SEATAC FD Address: 2929 S 200 ST City: SEATAC ST: WA Phone: (206) 433-1808 DOB: / / Zip: 98188 Phone: (206) 622-3500 DOB: / Zip: 98146 Phone: (206) 386-4253 DOB: / / Zip: 98108 Phone: (206) 824-2726 DOB: / / Zip: 98158 TUKWILA FIRE DEPARTMENT Incident Number: 93-000789-000 Incident Date: 03/05/93 Code: UN Name: Address: City: OLYMPIA UNKNOWN ST: WA Code: VI VICTIM Name: FELLOWSHIP BIBLE CHURCH Address: 15888 MILITARY RD S City: TUKWILA ST: WA MOBILE Type: 11 AUTOMOBILE Veh.Lic.No: ? State: WA .6 Yr: 91 Make: FORD Model: TAURUS VIN: UNKNOWN Alarm Time: 0317 Phone: (206) DOB: / / Zip: Phone: (206) 242-7767 DOB: / / Zip: 98188 PROPERTY ICC/DOT Permit: NONE DL #: UNKNOWN ST: WA CASUALTIES Fire Service Casualties: Injuries: 000 Non Fire Service Casualties: Injuries: OD0 Fatalities: 000 Fatalities: 000 COMPLETE FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS = Area of Release: 92 ON OR NEAR HIGHWAY, PUBLIC WAY, STREET, PARKN Release Level: Al Rel Factor(s): 99 RELEASE FACTOR NOT CLASSIFIED ABOVE 22 NEGLIGENCE/RECKLESS -•• ADULT Estimated # Chemicals Release: 001 Equip. Involved: 01 ROAD TRANSPORT VEHICLE Action(s) Taken: 71 INVESTIGATE : 44 ESTABLISH SAFE AREA 63 NOTIFY OTHER AGENCIES (mut/auto aid, state, e 42 IDENTIFICATION/ANALYSIS OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL Disposition: 7 INCIDENT SCENE RELEASED TO PRIVATE AGENCY Haz Mat ID Sources Used: 63 OFF SITE NON-F.S.: HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPECIA 89 OFF SITE REFERENCE MATERIALS NOT CLASSIFIED A Fire Service Haz Mat Casualties: Injuries: 000 Non --•Fire Service Haz Mat Casualties: Injuries: 000 Fatalities: 000 Fatalities: 000 TUKWILA FIRE DEPARTMENT Incident Number: 93-000739-000 Incident Date: 03/05/93 Alarm Time: 0317 INCIDENT REPORT OFFICER IDENTIFICATION Member making report: HAGBER6, JOHN Officer in charge: HAGBERG, JOHN Shift: A Employee ID: 1147 Report Date: 03/05/93 Member Signature: Officer in charge• Page 1 TUKWILA FIRE DEPARTMENT INCIDENT REPORT NARRATIVE Date: 03/05/93 Incident: 93-000739-000 DISPATCHED TO POSSIBLE HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL SPILL AT 15999 MILITARY RD SOUTH. UPON AID 54 ARRIVAL OF THE AREA FOUND TWO (2) TUKWILA POLICE OFFICERS BLOCKING OFF SOUTH 160TH STREET AND MILITARY ROAD AND SOUTH 160TH STREET AT 34TH AVENUE SOUTH. WITHIN THE BLOCKED OFF AREA IT WAS OBSERVED A SEATTLE CITY LIGHT LINE CREW VEHICLE AND A CITY OF SEA -TAC FIRE DEPARTMENT COMMAND CAR. ON THE EMBANKMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SOUTH 160TH STREET EAST OF "OLD MILITARY ROAD", WAS A FORD/TAURUS THAT HAD IMPACTED THE UTILITY POLE. THE OCCUPANT OF THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TREATED BY SEA -TAC CITY FIRE UNITS AND TRANSPORTED TO HIGHLINE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM FOR EVALUATION PRIOR TO TUKWILA FIRE DEPARTMENT UNITS BEING CALLED TO THIS SCENE. OFFICER STEVE GURR OF THE TUKWILA POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTEDLY HAD CONTACTED THE TRANSFORMER OIL WHILE ASSISTING THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE AREA OF THE VEHICLE AND SPILLING TRANSFORMER OIL.***0324 UPON CONTACTING OFFICER MURPHY OF THE TUKWILA POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT WAS RELAYED THAT ONE OF THE TRANSFORMERS ON THE UTILITY POLE HAD RUPTURED AND HAD SPILLED APPROX. ONE HALF OF ITS COOLING OIL ONTO THE VEHICLE BELOW AND ONTO THE OCCUPANT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THEY EXITED THE VEHICLE ON THEIR OWN POWER THE TRANSFORMER APPEARED TO HAVE A 35 GALLON CAPACITY. THE SEATTLE CITY LIGHT LINE CREW REPORTED THAT THEY HAD TAKEN A FIELD SAMPLE OF THE COOLING OIL FROM THE TRANSFORMER AND THAT ONE TEST SHOWED THAT THE TRANSFORMER OIL TESTED POSITIVE FOR POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB's). THIS WAS FROM AN EXPIRED DEXRIN PCB TEST KIT. THE LINE CREW CONDUCTED A SECOND FIELD TEST WHICH SHOWED A NEGATIVE RESULT. AGAIN THIS DEXRIN KIT WAS EXPIRED AND OF QUESTIONABLE ACCURACY. WITH THE AREA BLOCKED OFF FROM ACCIDENTAL INTRUSIONS BY THE PUBLIC AND THAT THE TRANSFORMER HAD DISCONTINUED SPILLING, FIRE FIGHTER HAGBERG ADVISED THE LINE CREW TO STAY AT THE SCENE IN THE EVENT THE LINE VEHICLE HAD BEEN CONTAMINATED UNTIL WORD HAD BEEN RELAYED TO THEM EITHER BY THEIR DISPATCHER OR THROUGH THE TUKWILA POLICE UNITS ON SCENE.***0350 - UPON RETURNING TO STATION 54 FIRE FIGHTER HAGBERG CONTACTED WASH. STATE DEPT. OF ECOLOGY THROUGH THE 24 HOUR ANSWERING SERVICE.*** 0405 - AGENT BOB PENHALE OF THE WA.DOE RETURNED THE CALL TO STATION 54. UPON ADVISING MR. PENHALE OF THE SITUATION, MR. PENHALE REITERATED THAT THE LINE TRUCK SHOULD STAY ON SITE UNTIL A SAMPLE COULD BE EVALUATED BY A LABORATORY.******0420 -- FIRE FIGHTER HAGBERG RELAYED THIS INFORMATION TO THE SEATTLE CITY LIGHT DISPATCHER WHO STATED THAT THE LINE TRUCK WAS ENROUTE BACK TO ITS OPERATIONS BASE. FIRE FIGHTER HAGBERG ADVISED THE DISPATCHER THAT THE TRUCK SHOULD RETURN TO THE SCENE PER THE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY REPRESENTATIVE CONTACTED.***0435 - RECEIVED CALL FROM MARY YODER-WILLIAMS OF SEATTLE CITY LIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL AFFIARS DEPT. WANTING TO KNOW THE REASONING FOR THE LINE TRUCK TO RETURN TO THE SCENE. FIRE FIGHTER HAGBERG ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF THE TRUCK BEING CONTAMINATED AND THAT THIS WAS A DECISION SUPPORTED BY WASH. ST. DEPT of ECOLOGY. SHE WAS GIVEN THE 24 HOUR NUMBER FOR D.O.E. AND THAT SHE COULD DISCUSS THIS MATTER WITH AGENT PENHALE.***0527 - RECEIVED CALL FROM KEN STURGEON, DISPATCHER SEATTLE CITY LIGHT WHO REPORTED THAT LABORATORY TESTS WERE CONDUCTED AND THAT MATERIAL TESTED TO BE LESS THAN 1ppm. FIRE FIGHTER HAGBERG REQUESTED THAT MARY YODER--•WILLIAMS RECONTACT THIS DEPARTMENT FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS IN MITIGATION OF THIS INCIDENT (NOTE: MS. YODER--WILLIAMS DID NOT CONTACT THIS DEPARTMENT AS OF 0830 THIS DATE).***0535 - RECONTACTED THE ANSWERING SERVICE FOR WASH. D.O.E. TO HAVE AGENT PENHALE NOTIFIED OF THE SEATTLE CITY LIGHT LAB RESULTS.***0540 CONTACTED ACTING SERGEANT DON LINCOLN OF THE TUKWILA P.D. SO THAT CITY OF TUKWILA DEPT. of PUBLIC WORKS WOULD BE NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT AND ALSO TO ADVISE OFFICER Page 2 TUKWILA FIRE DEPARTMENT INCIDENT REPORT NARRATIVE Date: 03/05/93 Incident: 93--000789-000 STEVE GURR THAT THE LAB RESULTS WERE < 1ppm. OFFICER GURR REPORTEDLY MADE CONTACT WITH THE OCCUPANT/DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WHILE ASSISTING THEM OUT OF THE AREA OF THE LEAKING COOLANT.***0545 - NOTIFIED HIGHLINE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LOCATION DRIVER/PATIENT OF VEHICLE WAS TRANSPORTED TO OF THE LAB RESULTS BEING LESS THAN 1ppm.***0550 - CONTACTED SEA -TAC FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ADVISE LT. HILL OF THE LAB RESULTS.***ALL TIMES ON THIS REPORT ARE AOXIMATED*****END JOHN HAGE'RG/ )F. F. L-54-A/AID54 4361:1 Incident History for: #TF93000759 CN: $TF93000789 Xref: #TP93007006 Received 03/05/93 03:17:42 BY SPO2 /DANICH Entered 03/05/93 03:17:42 BY SP02 /DANICH Disoatched 03/05/93 03:17:54 BY FD01 /CASTON Enroute 03/05/93 03:20:04 Onscene 03/05/93 03:24:32 Closed 03/05/93 03:47:38 Initial Type: HZLEAK Initial Alarm Level: 1 Final vel: 1 Police TP2500 Fire TF5430 Group: T9 Beat: Police Rms: Fire Rms: Medic Rms: Loc: MILITARY RD S vTUK near UNK Name: 3T7 Addr: Type: HZLEAK (HAZE' CHEMICAL SPILL LEAK (2A)) Pri: 2 Dispo: /0317 (DANICH) ENTRY /0317 $ASNCAS /0317 (CASTON) DISP L54 /0317 ASST A54 /0318 /0320 /0320 /0324 /0324 /0324 /0324? /0347 /0347 CROSS ENROUT L54 ENROUT A54 ONSCNE A54 CLEAR L54 MISC A54 OLIS A54 CLEAR A54 CLOSE L54 Alarm Le Phone: RADIO **** PCB SPILL FROM A TRANSFORMER. AREA OF 10 X 15', PD ON LOCATION $TF93000789 #TF1407 FEHR, TED #TF4910 TOMASO, DON #TF6255 EDWARDS, RANDY #TF5814 HAGBERG, JOHN #TF0043 WALLER, JACK #TP93007006 SEATAC FIRE ON LOC