January 23, 2011 – MVA Spill Response (Utility 734)

January 23, 2011 -At 15:15 hrs Station 2 was dispatched to the intersection of Summer Valley Road and Route 61 in West Brunswick Township to assist at the scene of a 2 vehicle accident involving a tractor trailer. Fire districts 42 and 56 were originally dispatched to the scene for a MVA with entrapment, first arriving units arrived on scene to find a vehicle accident involving a tractor trailer which came to rest in a yard just feet from a structure with both fuel tanks ruptured and leaking. Command then requested Station 2 be dispatched for Utility 734 and its spill response material. Haven Units arrived to find that the entire contents of the trucks fuel tank had leaked out into the yard. Crews used tarps and booms to create a containment pool and proceeded to transfer the diesel soaked snow into the pool. More information and photos over at Schuylkillhose.com.