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Home My WebLink AboutHAZMAT 96-0190 - 4014 S 152ND ST - IDENTIFICATION/ANALYSIS OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ON 1/16/19964014 S 152ND ST IDENTIFICATION/ANALYST SOF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL HAZMAT # 96-0190 TUKWILA FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE INCIDENT REPORT FDID: 17M19 Date: 01/16/96 Dispatch: 2148 First Co: L54 Incident No.: 96-000190-000 • Multi -Agency: 17M19-96-000194 Arrival: 2154 End: 2351 Days: 0 Response: 0 06 District: 12 Temperature: 040 (F) AID RECEIVED- NO CONTRACT TELEPHONE TIE -LINE TO FIRE DEPARTMENT (911 sy CLOUDY .TOXIC CONDITION IDENTIFICATION/ANALYSIS OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ESTABLISH SAFE AREA NOTIFY OTHER AGENCIES PROVIDE MANPOWER PRIVATE TAX -PAYING PROPERTY Aid: 3 Alarm Method: 7 Weather: 2 Situation(s): 42 Action(s).,Taken: 42. 44 63 34 Property Mangmnt: 1 Address/Location: 4014 S 152 ST Room/Apartment: Zip: 98188-0000• City/State: TUKWILA, WA. Hazard Zone: Census Tract: 0282.00 Personnel Paid: 0006 Apparatus Engine: 000 Truck: Aerial: 01 Command: 01 Tanker: General Use: 96 Specific Use: 962 Bldg Occupancy: 000 Struct. Status:_9 Occupied?: 0 Volunteer: 0000 00 Medical: 01 Other:.00 00 Rescue: 00 Hazmat: 00 MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION USE (incl pass t PAVED PUBLIC STREET BUILDING CODE OCCUPANCY TYPE NOT APPLICABLE STRUCTURE STATUS NOT CLASSIFIED ABOVE CASUALTIES Fire Service Casualties: Injuries: 000 Non Fire Service Casualties: Injuries: 000 Fatalities: 000 Fatalities: 000 COMPLETE FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS Area of Release: 97 MULTIPLE AREAS OF ORIGIN OR RELEASE Release Level: Al Rel Factor(s): 90 "OTHER "RELEASE FACTOR: INSF. INFO TO CLASS. FU. Estimated #"Chemicals Release: 001 TUKWILA FIRE DEPARTMENT Incident Number: 96-000190-000 Incident Date: 01/16/96 Equip. Involved: Action(s) Taken: Disposition: 6 Haz Mat ID Sources Used: 11 ON SITE: FD HAZ-MAT TEAM PERSONNEL 34 ON SITE.NON-F.S.: CHEMIST Alarm Time: 2148. 98 NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED IN IGNITION 42 IDENTIFICATION/ANALYSIS OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL 44 ESTABLISH SAFE AREA 63 NOTIFY OTHER AGENCIES (mut/auto aid, state, e 34 PROVIDE MANPOWER (incl assist police or rescu INCIDENT SCENE RELEASED TO FEDERAL AGENCY, Fire Service Haz Mat Casualties: Injuries: 000 Non -Fire Service Haz Mat Casualties: Injuries: 000 Chem.Name: MERCURY Hazard Class: 6 Chemical Abstract #: Physical State: Stored: 2 . Released: 2 QTY Released: 00015 Extent of Release: 7 Contamination: 7 Container: Type: 18 Material: 8 Use: 0 Cap: 00000 CHEMICALS Fatalities: 000 Fatalities: 000 DOT ID: Class 6 - POISONOUS AND INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCES LIQUID (incl. cryogenics) LIQUID (incl. cryogenics) Units: 22 POUND RELEASED BEYOND SPECIFIC PROPERTY USE OF ORIG GROUND • NO CONTAINER NO 'CONTAINER CONTAINER USE; UNDETERMINED OR NOT REPORTED Units: Unit of Measure Member making report: Officer in charge: LT. Shift: B Employee ID: 1112 Report Date: 01/20/96 • Member Signature; INCIDENT REPORT OFFICER IDENTIFICATION LT. MARTIN F. GRISHAM . MARTIN F GRISHAM Officer in charge: Page 1 TUKWILA FIRE DEPARTMENT INCIDENT REPORT NARRATIVE Date: 01/16/96 Incident: 96-000190-000 HISTORY: On 1-9-96, our department received a call from the Department of.Ecology. They stated they had just received an anoriomys caller stating there was a one cup container of mercury along side the pathway at the 4400 block,ofS. 152nd street. My crew and I searched all over in that area and could not find any sign of mercury. That incident is recorded in my•report for incident # 96-00101. We ended that incident with nothing found. Today we were dispatched to Mercury on the ground in front of the dispatched address. We found -little beads of mercury on the road (S. 152nd), the walkway alongside the road and in the dirt and grass next to the pavement. There was no container of any kind. The resident at the dispatched address and several others who passed by during the incident, stated the mercury had been on the ground for at least 4 days and some reported it as being there for over a week. ARRIVAL: Upon arrival we -found an unspecified quantity of liquid mercury spread over an area of aproximately 15' X 30'. It was on the ground mostly on the sidewalk and partialy in the road and in the dirt next to the sidewalk. The owner occupant of the house at 4014, who was also the RP, met us in front of the house and -reported that he called 911 and that the mercury had been there for some time, at least 4 days. He also reported that 2 children had been playing in it earlier that day. The RP also told us that he had a day care in his home. When asked if he knew where the product came from, he stated he had no idea. He stated there was a broken cup, like• -a coffee cup, and that he had picked that up and threw it away. He also stated he tried to vacuum it up with his shop vac, but the product was too heavy for the vacuum to pick up. CALL FOR ASSISTANCE: The time of, call was 2146 hour. Due to the lateness of the hour it was diffucult to get anyone to assist us that night, so we decided to isolate the area and deny access and call for assistance from the appropriate agencies. Our first call was to PD for traffic control. We had blocked off 152nd around the spill. We then called Department of Ecology (DOE), informing the phone answerer, of the spill. Also that night we called the Washington State Poison Control hotline and the King County Department of Health. I notified .the Duty Chief, who was Chief Alderson, and our department Safety Officer, Captain Ted Fehr. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ACTION PLAN: After consulting with DOE, it was decided to cover the spill area with plastic visqueen for the night. Also to keep the•area blocked off. We had the street department set up cones and signs signifying the road was closed except to local traffic. I spoke to the owner of the residence at the spill sight and'informed him of our plan. The next morning, January 17, I recieved a call from DOE stating they would be at the sight aproximatley 0900 along with. Olympus Environmental. I also called Gary Gordon, Chemist for the Boeing Company. He•stated he would be at the sight at aproximately 1200 hour: DOE and Olympus and Boeing could not locate a "Mercury Vacuum" anywhere. Mr. Gordon had several chemical possibilities that might work to pick it up. None of Page 2 TUKWILA FIRE DEPARTMENT INCIDENT REPORT NARRATIVE Date: 01/16/96 Incident: 96-000190-000 them worked: Mr. Gordon and I went to Thorndyk.e elementary with his. mercury detector and did air samples at all the entry points to the school. We found no readings inside the school. We also did.'air sampling inside the day care at the spill sight and again got no readings. The call then went out from DOE to the Envirinmental Protection Agency" (EPA). DOE.was asking for assistance in how to pick this product up. 'EPA arrived later that afternoon and plans began to be made to have a "mercury vac" flown up from California. It was then discussed that a suction unit like those used on the Fire Department apparatus might work. One was brought to our location. I -t was used by two men from the environmental company that EPA had secured to do the clean up. They were in Level C protective clothing, using respirators with mercury cartriges. While one of the crew was vacuuming up the mercury with our little suction pump, the other one went to Eagle Hardware and bought a. "Geanie" shop vac. It was put into action and worked well enough to get the mercury off the ground and into the hose. You then had to lift the hose to get the mercury down into the tank. The process then went very quickly and cleaned the pavement and dirt of all visable mercury. After all visable mercury was picked up, the crew took air, samples • around the area and got 0 readings. All materials that were used in and around the mercury, including the suction unit and the new shop vac, were put in containment drums for proper shipment and disposal. I made contact with the homeowner again, informing him that we had removed the mercury and that the area was safe again. • • co&O Inaidixnt Hiatary fora #TF96000181. .,CN: ,$TF96000190 Received 01/16/96 .21:46:35 BY CRO2 /SPEAR. Entered 01/16/96 21:48:14BY CRO2 /SPEAR Dispatched 0.1/16/96 21:48:38 BY FD01 ./JENSEN Enroute 0.1/16/96 21:50:26 Onscene 01/16/96 21:54:03 Closed 01/16/96 23:51:27 Initial Type: SPILL' Initial Alarm Level:. 1" Final Type: SPILL (FLAMMABLE LIQUID. SPILL (2A)) Pri: 2.Dispo: Alarm.Leve 1: 1 Police TP2400 Fire TF5420 Group: T9 Beat: Police Rms: Fire Rag: • . Medic Rms : Loc: 4014 S 152 ST ,TUK near UNK Name: FEAY, ROBERT. Addr: Phone:. 248-0972 /2148 SPEAR CRO2' 'ENTRY,. 1/2 C MERCURY SPILLEDFRONT OF ABOVE LO C, ,NEAR THE WALKWAY..... OWTHE RPS .SIDE OF THE ST - /2148 CRO2 $ASNCAS $TF96000190 /2148 JENSEN FD01 DISP L54 #TF9526 GRISHAM, MARTY • #TF4923 FLORES, CHRIS '#TF3402 BECKMAN., KEN /2150 -FD01 .ENROUT L54 /2154 FD01 ONSCNE L54 /2157• FDO1, MISC L54 1 CUP AMOUNT.OFMERCURY ON THE SIDEWALK /2351 FD01 IOIS ' L54 /2351 FD01 CLOSE. L54