Six members of the Columbia County HAZMAT Team attended the 16th Annual Hazardous Materials Seminar
at the Senator Frederick L. Warder Academy of Fire Science in Montour Falls held February 20-22. These members
also participated in and won the 2009 Hazardous Materials Challenge.
The Challenge consisted of six practical stations:
1. Over pack a 55 gallon drum
2. Transfer over pack 100'
using a hand truck.
3. Containment of a pipe leak.
4. 100 lb Chlorine cylinder containment evolution
5. Sample from a drum.
6. Victim removal using a wheeled Stokes
Participating members for the Columbia County HAZMAT Team were:
Team captain for the challenge:
David Shultis
First Interior Team:
Paul Stroebel
Peter Hotaling Jr.
Second Interior Team:
Gary Tuthill
Chris Harris
Technical Support:
Stan Koloski
David Shultis
In addition to the Challenge, team members also attended
several seminars designed to increase their understanding of hazardous materials, hazardous materials incidents and how to
manage and mitigate those incidents.
Report by Dave
Shultis
