by SpillResponse | Apr 6, 2018 | Emergency Response, First Call Training, Hazmat, Safety Corner, Spill Cleanup
Inspection of your respirator can save your life. A leaking of defective respirator will allow outside air come into contact with your face and eyes, enter your nose, mouth and lungs. Depending on the contaminate, this could lead to dizziness, sickness, blindness,...
by SpillResponse | Apr 5, 2018 | #SpillLife, Cleanings, Emergency Response, Hazmat, Latest Response, Spill Cleanup, Waste Management
In early March on a cool evening, First Call Raleigh was requested to respond to an overturned tanker truck containing Asphalt on a busy secondary road near the capital city. Crews immediately made contact with the Fire command on scene to obtain additional...
by SpillResponse | Mar 7, 2018 | #SpillLife, Emergency Response, Hazmat, Latest Response, Spill Cleanup, Waste Management
First Call Environmental was notified of an overturned tanker truck containing a corrosive material blocking a roadway. The responsible party received our name off of a contractor list provided by the local EMA and Hazmat. After obtaining the product information,...
by SpillResponse | Mar 7, 2018 | #SpillLife, Emergency Response, Hazmat, Latest Response, Spill Cleanup, Waste Management
First Call Louisville, KY was requested to respond to a leak of ink from a shipping container located at a wrecker service. Upon arrival, the crew discovered a red ink leaking out of multiple points from a 20′ sea container that had rolled over. The weather was...
by SpillResponse | Feb 20, 2018 | #SpillLife, Cleanings, Emergency Response, Hazmat, Latest Response, Spill Cleanup, Waste Management
First Call Environmental Augusta, GA was dispatched to respond to a site with a collapse of industrial shelving resulting in a large spill of car batteries and associated contents. Crews mobilized to the site and discovered several hundred batteries had fallen when...
by SpillResponse | Feb 6, 2018 | Emergency Response, Hazmat, Latest Response, Spill Cleanup
On a cold and snow covered evening, the Raleigh, NC office of First Call Environmental was dispatched to a tractor trailer accident causing a fuel spill directly into a storm sewer. With extremely hazardous road conditions and accidents covering the interstate, the...
