Burlington Puts 55-foot Tractor and Trailer Hazardous Materials & Confined Space Rescue Response Unit On Line.BURLINGTON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 1999-- Burlington Chemical Company, Inc. is pleased to announce the Special Operations Operations conducted in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments to achieve military, diplomatic, informational, and/or economic objectives employing military capabilities for which there is no broad conventional force requirement. Division of the Health, Safety, Environmental Affairs & ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. Compliance Department has put on line their new 55-foot tractor and trailer Hazardous Materials & Confined Space Rescue Confined space rescue is a subset of technical rescue operations that involves the rescue and recovery of victims trapped in a confined space or in a place only accessible through confined spaces, such as underground vaults, storage silos, storage tanks, or sewers. Response Unit. This project has taken 10 months to complete and has utilized 245 man-hours of the HazMat members time in putting this new unit on line. Several organizations have contributed to putting the new unit on line such as: the Burlington Police Department, the Graham Fire Department, the North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. Division of Emergency Management, the Alamance County Fire Marshal fire marshal n. 1. The head of a department or office that is charged with the prevention and investigation of fires. 2. A person in charge of firefighting personnel and equipment at an industrial plant. Noun 1. Emergency Management Agency, and several oth private industry has merged with the community unit houses a fully equipped command post consisting of computers, two-way radios A voice network that provides an always-on connection enabling the user to just "push the button and talk." Also called "dispatch radio," two-way radio has traditionally been used by police, fire, taxi and other mobile fleets. , as well as cellular technology. All the necessary equipment to carry out a Level III hazardous materials emergency response or a confined space rescue is housed on the unit. Burlington Chemical Company and the City of Graham within Alamance County have an agreement established that allows the HazMat team to respond to any chemical related emergency or confined space rescue. Burlington Chemical's team covers all of Alamance County including its municipalities and will respond beyond those boundaries as requested. The Hazardous Materials and Confined Space Rescue Team is a listed resource with the North Carolina Emergency Management Agency as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the federal agency responsible for coordinating emergency planning, preparedness, risk reduction, response, and recovery. The agency works closely with state and local governments by funding emergency programs and providing technical . The members of the HazMat team have had over 16,000 man-hours of advanced training and is staffed with 13 Hazardous Materials Technicians and 3 Hazardous Materials Specialist. The team has responded to over 325 technician level calls since organized in December of 1989. Responses have been in the state of North Carolina, South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. and Virginia with technical responses in 12 other states including Canada. The team is very active in public relation activities and has carried out over 360 hours of community outreach activities since 1990. They have delivered over 480 hours of training to outside agencies such as public safety organizations since 1992. The team is also responsible for responding to Code Blue responses at both facilities of Burlington Chemical Company. Code Blue responders are trained up to the defibrillator defibrillator, device that delivers an electrical shock to the heart in order to stop certain forms of rapid heart rhythm disturbances (arrhythmias). The shock changes a fibrillation to an organized rhythm or changes a very rapid and ineffective cardiac rhythm to a level. The team also is responsible for the company's fire brigade, disaster response and recovery, and facility security programs. Burlington Chemical is committed to providing the emergency response services as necessary on site as well as in their community. The adopted slogan that the team has utilized is "In Partnership with the Community for a Safer Environment." The HazMat and Confined Space Rescue Team plans numerous public relation events within the Alamance/Burlington County school systems and surrounding communities. Burlington Chemical is proud to support this team and will continue to do so as we build and strive to be a community partner within Alamance County, and its municipalities. As a quality-oriented company Burlington Chemical is committed to continuous improvement that builds sustainable value Sustainable Value Sustainable Value is an approach to measure and manage sustainability performance. The concept was developed by researchers who are working today for Queen's University Belfast and profitable growth for our customers, suppliers, shareholders, employees, and the community. This is just one more way of carrying out those mandates. If you have any questions about Burlington Chemicals Special Operations Division or interested in learning more about our team, please give the Director, Kevin Dull, a call at (336) 570-6249. |
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