New South Wales Fire Brigades 08
New South Wales Fire Brigades 08 : Area of Service in New South Wales: (2) Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT): Fire and Rescue NSW is responsible for protecting the whole of New South Wales from hazardous materials (hazmat) incidents. The agency has the authority to attend, combat and render safe any land-based or inland waterway spillage of hazardous materials within the State. All fire stations are equipped with trained personnel and resources for dealing with hazmat incidents. Each fire station receives hazardous materials awareness training and equipment to combat minor spills of hydrocarbons, gas leaks and emergency decontamination procedures. Fire and Rescue NSW has six specialist heavy Hazardous Materials Response Units operating from Sydney (Greenacre, Alexandria & St Marys), Newcastle, Berkley Vale and Shellharbour. They have advanced capabilities in detection of toxic industrial chemicals, volatile substances and chemical warfare agents. Intermediate hazardous materials response is delivered by 14 strategically located units, including six with a waterways response capability. Each unit is equipped with detection equipment and has the capability to access chemical databases with information on chemical, biological, radiological and toxic industrial chemical substances. Additional capability is provided by a Hazmat Advisory Response Team (HART) who carry additional equipment including Raman and Infra-red spectrometers for identifying unknown solids and liquids. The HART also deploys for specialist waterway spill response and incidents requiring mass decontamination. Two Scientific Advisors also provide detailed technical assistance at incidents if required and operate a van equipped with further detection and analysis capability including gas chromatograph mass spectroscopy
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