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Hazmat training coupled with National Guard support helps Molalla Fire prep for disaster

  • By: Bethany Monroe 
  • Published: 8/10/2011 4:20:01 PM
Photo courtesy of Molalla Fire District
Members of the Oregon National Guard's Civil Support Team approaches a tanker truck leaking hazardous materials as part of a training exercise hosted by Molalla Fire District last Sunday. (The liquid used for the spill was actually water.) Firefighters had sprayed foam around the truck to prevent combustion. Click on the photo to view more.
A swarm of fire department and military vehicles gathered around the former Keith Brown Building Materials lumberyard in Molalla last weekend, practicing how they would respond to a hazardous material spill in the area.



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