| At 1940hrs Lancaster County Wide Communications received a call via Chester County reporting a large spill on Jackson Road in Sadsbury Township.
Chief 5-2 (Buckwalter) responded and was given additional of a 300' x 3' path of spilled oil on the roadway. Engine 5-2-1 (Stoltzfus) and Squad 5-2 (Kinney) made the response with 6 crew members. Chief 5-2 arrived and confirmed the report and also requested additional Fire Police to shut down the roadway. Engine 5-2-1 and the Squad arrived and began the long process of spreading and sweeping absorbent material over the entire area.
Sadsbury Township was contacted requesting use of their loader with road sweeper. The loader responded (Davis) and arrived several minutes later. The large sweeping appliance was extremely helpful and cut the cleanup time in half.
Crews finished the cleanup and went available at 2109hrs. Special thanks to Sadsbury Township for their assistance. |
