HAZARDOUS SPILLS
The Orange County Hazardous Materials Team, or HAZMAT, is administered by the county Health Care Agency division of environmental health. It responds to calls on chemical spills and other incidents involving hazardous materials. Sometimes it goes to the site, other times it advises citizens or local fire departments over the phone.
Of 17 local fire departments in Orange County (16 city departments plus the county), three have hazardous materials units that cover the entire county through mutual aid agreements-- Anaheim, Huntington Beach and the county station in Irvine. HAZMAT is called in most, but not all, hazardous spills. Following is HAZMAT’s Northwest section spill response log for April.
Date: April 4
Location of Incident: 5555 McFadden Ave., Huntington Beach
Material Handler: Weiser Lock
Materials Involved: Hydrochloric acid and cyanide
Date: April 4:
Location of Incident: Huntington Harbor, Huntington Beach
Material Handler: Unknown
Materials Involved: Unknown
Date: April 7
Location of Incident: 7202 San Haroldo Way, Buena Park
Material Handler: Resident
Materials Involved: Solvent
Date: April 9
Location of Incident: Varsity Drive and Hallcroft Lane, Huntington Beach
Material Handler: California Roof Life Co.
Materials Involved: Copper naphthenate
Date: April 10
Location of Incident: 5301 Bolsa Ave., Huntington Beach
Material Handler: McDonnell Douglas
Materials Involved: Unknown
SPILLS FROM MAY, 1989, TO APRIL, 1990
Stanton: 1
Seal Beach: 1
Cypress: 1
Los Alamitos: 4
Buena Park: 4
Huntington Beach: 26
Note: There were no spills recorded in La Palma or Rossmoor
Source: Orange County Health Care Agency, environmental health division
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