HazMat Drill
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Photos by Joan Crabb
[Firefighters spray the plume of lethal chlorine gas so it will not spread to homes and businesses in the area.]	[The decontamination team washes off the firefighters who went into the building to shut off the lethal chlorine leak.]
[On the scene of the exercise, Tom Martin, Incident Commander, and Bob Merreighn, the sewer plant’s safety coordinator, talk to a firefighter.]	[James Reed gets into HAZMAT gear to go into the building and shut off the lethal chlorine leak.]	[A team suits up in HAZMAT gear to go into the building to shut off the chlorine leak.]
[Firefighters still wearing their gas masks try to resuscitate the employee of the sewer plant who was overcome with chlorine fumes.]	[Clint Warnisher wears HAZMAT gear to help decontaminate other firefighters.]	[Engine 1 was the first on the scene. All four engines turned out for the exercise at the sewer plant Thursday morning.]
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