Orange County Haz-Mat Team Established 1981   The Hazardous Materials Response Team is a volunteer agency made up of personnel from the fire service as well as industry. The Haz-Mat Team was established in 1981 as mandated by New York State law. Upon request of a fire chief, the Haz-Mat Team will respond to the scene of a hazardous materials Incident and assist the local fire department in mitigating the incident. All members of the Hazardous Materials Response Team must be specially trained to operate at haz-mat incidents and are certified at the hazardous material technician or specialist level before joining the team. At a hazardous materials incident, team members operate as a sector of the local fire department under a unified incident command structure. The Orange County Haz-Mat team is based at the Fire Training Center in the Town of Goshen Source: Orange County Government, Division of Fire Services website. Station Current Apparatus   Other Views: 1 2 36-200 2000 KME Heavy Rescue Carries hazmat suits, SCBA, Hazmat, contamination and cleaning equipment Other Views: 1 2 Other Views: 1 2 36-201 2006 Ford F-550 4x4 Carries extra equipment for spill containment. 36-202 1987 Ford Carries instrumentation and hazard monitoring equipment 36-203 Decontamination Trailer Other Trailers Stationed at: Greenville - Stewart Air Base - West Point 36-10 Hazmat Team Leader fire station photo credit: Bob Chaffee, Goshen Fire Department Photographer all other photos courtesy Michael Prohira

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