INEOS Melamines Plant in Springfield Mass

https://rtk.rjifuture.org/rmp/facility/100000212691

have joint fire brigade with Solutia - have fire truck and hazmat truck

I have seen a photo of Solutia Eng 1 on the internet - ford forward
cab - maybe 1990

dont remember ever seeing picture of hazmat truck

no idea how old this info really is

no idea what radio channels they use

joint fire brigade - yes or no? - do they have employees from both
companies on the emergency response team (ERT) ?

listed as Eastman Chemical here -
https://www.firenews.org/mass/e/eastmanchemical/eastmanchemical.html -
but ford pumper is lettered as Solutia

2012 - Eastman Chemical to buy Solutia -
https://www.masslive.com/news/2012/01/eastman_chemical_to_buy_soluti.html

Solutia employs 400 in its Springfield, Mass., plant, according to
last year's statistics, down from 525 in 2008, when it was the subject
of a $50 million expansion. Solutia was spun off from Monsanto in
1997. - 2012

730 Worcester St =
https://www.eastman.com/Company/Worldwide/our_sites/Pages/UnitedStates_SpringfieldMA.aspx

Solutia's Springfield, Massachusetts plant ranks as #4 on the EPA's
top five facilities that reported the largest quantity of on- and
off-site environmental releases in Massachusetts under the Toxics
Release Inventory for 2007.[12] per
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solutia

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https://rtk.rjifuture.org/rmp/facility/100000114985#emergency - 250
acres - Mass Power also operates at site - Cytec Industries, and Soca
USA also work at the site.

Training and Preparation:

- The site has a well-established Emergency Response Team consisting
of members trained in first aid and emergency medical response, rescue
including confined space, hazardous materials incidents and
firefighting at an industrial facility. Training and drills include
interior and exterior structural fire-fighting, hazardous material
response and control, confined space and technical rescue, first aid,
CPR, and use of automated electronic defibrillator (AED).

- Dedicated fire house with training facility

- Fire truck - E-One 500 gallon pumper with 250 gal AR-FFF Foam capacity.

- Hazmat Truck - equipped with PPE, spill control and containment and
decontamination equipment

- Rescue trailer - equipped with rescue PPE and retrieval gear, ropes
& rigging, patient packaging SAR breathing apparatus, etc.

- Dry Chem W
agon - Ansul 500 pound capacity Purple-K dry chem agent

- Foam wagon - 1000 gallon capacity AR-FFF firefighting foam, equipped
with two 500 GPM nozzles

- Additional emergency and spill response equipment staged throughout
the plant for immediate use.

- Specialized teams and technical specialists dedicated to off-site
response for hazardous material transportation emergencies.

- Personnel in chemical manufacturing departments are trained in
emergency shutdown procedures.

- Members of Springfield Fire Department and the Emergency
Preparedness group tour the site and our operations on a periodic
basis.

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what more would you like to know? lol