At 2358hrs (11:58pm) Dorchester Central dispatched units for A Motor Vehicle Collision with entrapment at Rt50 (West)/Whitehall Rd in the Cambridge 1-4 Box Area. Units arrived on location to find 1 tractor with trailer on it's side and fuel leaking from it's saddle tanks. Initial Command was established by Chief 1-1 (Rescue 1-1) but operation were delayed for safety concerns of power lines that were stretched across the tractor could be secured via Delmarva Power. Haz-mat crews went to work after and pumped off approx. 150 gallons of diesel fuel and placed multiple bags of absorbent before turning the scene over to MSP for investigation. (PICTURES PROVIDED BY LT TYLER WHITE, AND FF-EMT-I KEVIN CARR)
Units:
CHEIF 1, RESCUE 1, ENGINE 1-3, HAZ-MAT 1
Mutual Aid:
DCEMS PM100 (CAMBRIDGE), PM101 (CAMBRIDGE), STATION 16 (SECRETARY), STATION 21 (EAST NEW MARKET), STATION 30 (TRAPPE), MSP, DSO, DELMARVA POWER, STATE HIGHWAY
Initial Command via Chief 1-1 riding the seat of Rescue 1-1
Crews pumping off approx. 150 gallons of diesel fuel.
