by SpillResponse | May 23, 2021 | #SpillLife, Cleanings, Emergency Response, Hazmat, Latest Response, Spill Cleanup, Waste Management
6 First Call’s New Kensington, Pennsylvania field office was dispatched to an incident involving a punctured 55 gallon drum in a trailer. The material had leaked from the trailer and was carried by heavy rains into a storm drain and ultimately into a retention...
by SpillResponse | Feb 20, 2021 | #SpillLife, Cleanings, Emergency Response, Hazmat, Latest Response, Waste Management
First Call Raleigh was contacted to perform a site assessment for a home heating oil release in the crawl space of a residence. Upon arrival, the First Call manager was informed that the oil had released from a faulty filter and impacted a soil crawl space. The odor...
by SpillResponse | Dec 21, 2020 | #SpillLife, Cleanings, Emergency Response, Hazmat, Latest Response, Waste Management
Recently our Louisville Kentucky office received a call from officials with their local department of health. As the result of an accident on the roadway, a tractor trailer had come to rest on the front yard of a grade school. While it was not a large spill the...
by SpillResponse | Oct 30, 2020 | #SpillLife, Cleanings, Emergency Response, Hazmat, Latest Response, Spill Cleanup, Waste Management
First Call Stafford, VA was recently requested to respond to an estimated 800 gallon release of a resin material impacting an inside production area as well as a paved outside area. The facility had placed sand on the release in order to contain it. Upon arrival, the...
by SpillResponse | Sep 25, 2020 | #SpillLife, Cleanings, Emergency Response, Hazmat, Latest Response, Spill Cleanup, Waste Management
First Call Environmental New Jersey was dispatched to a large tar emulsion release that impacted several drains as well as a long stretch of creek. Several days had passed from the time the incident had occurred until the time First Call was engaged. This allowed the...
by SpillResponse | Jan 23, 2020 | #SpillLife, Cleanings, Emergency Response, Hazmat, Latest Response, Spill Cleanup, Waste Management
First Call Winston Salem, NC was requested to respond to a small release of mercury in a utility closet at a medical facility. Upon arrival, it was determined that the “small” release consisted of one pound of mercury. An attempt had been made to clean the...
