Chagrin/Southeast Regional Hazardous Materials Response Team

In addition to the apparatus owned by the Hazmat Team, several public safety agencies have made their specialized equipment available to the region when needed.

Confined Space Rescue / AFFF Foam Bank Trailer

The Confined Space Rescue / AFFF Foam Bank Trailer carries all of our confined space rescue equipment, including tripods, harnesses, rope rescue equipment, beam clamps, SKED stretchers, LSP Half Backs, variable speed ventilation blowers, lockout/tagout supplies, carabiners, pulleys, brake bar racks, helmets, a hard wire communication system, supplied air breathing apparatus and victim retrieval system.

The foam bank consists of over 200 gallons of AR-AFFF foam concentrate in five gallon pails and thirty-five gallon drums for flammable liquid spills and fires. The foam can be used to suppress flammable vapors or to extinguish hydrocarbon and/or polar solvent fires.

Mass Decontamination Trailer

The Mass Decontamination Trailer carries a large inflatable Zumro tent. The tent is pre-plumbed with showers to allow for decontamination of ambulatory and non-ambulatory patients. It has separate lanes for male and female patients. Patients can enter and disrobe, contain their clothing, shower, dry and re-dress. The tent can be ventilated in warmer months or heated during cold weather.

It has both a propane and a kerosene water heater, electric lighting and gray water bladders for collection of waste water.

The trailer also carries supplies for undressing, drying and re-dressing the patients, as well as providing for their modesty.

Hazmat Training Trailer

The Hazmat Training Trailer contains Level A and Level B training suits, boots and gloves, damaged fifty-five gallon drums and overpack training drums.

It has various pipe leak training props, a one hundred fifty pound chlorine training cylinder, a chlorine rail car training dome and an end of a one ton chlorine cylinder.

It has external valves from a gasoline cargo trailer and various valves from other trailers.

It also carries an assortment of training supplies and chemical protective equipment, which allows us to train without using our actual response equipment.

All Terrain Vehicle

This eight wheeled All Terrain Vehicle is owned by the Oakwood Village Fire Dept and is available for response to off road incidents, especially train derailments. It responds on a trailer.

Emergency Response Vehicle

The ERV is owned by the Valley Enforcement Group (VEG) and is a sophisticated communications / command post vehicle with multiple radios interfaces for interoperability, as well as wireless internet capabilities.This can be especially valuable in a multi-disciplinary incident.

© Chagrin/Southeast Council of Governments - 2014