HazMat for a fire tho? I'd wonder about maybe a meth lab?
Either way nice find! Must be good listening
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It is not known outside the HazMat circles, but most of us in the local HazMat response do not do much with Meth Labs anymore. No one is really licensed in the public sector to do "clean-up" and we only do "containment" for the most part. Make sure it can be secured in place, can be guarded and won't impact the public or environment. From there it is the private sector businesses that get to come in and do the clean up as well as collect the monies. If local's did it, we would be still be working on meth labs from four years ago because of the time consumption and expense.
It is too costly for a local department or even a regional department to do anything other than contain and secure and then sit and wait for the private sector boys/girls to come in. If I win the lottery and want to keep working, HazMat is the business I would start because there are a lot of places doing cleanup but there is room for more because regulations are getting more expensive.
Like KAA951, I got training to do both cleanup and containment, but my department cannot afford nor can I afford the insurance to do anything more than contain and secure. Not to mention the equipment, storage and disposal fees. Good money in it, but you have to do it right.
I would rather deal with a NBC incident than a Meth Lab. At least I know the dangers and can plan for them.