Emergency incident at the post office

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Emergency incident at the post office

• Vlastenecke square 5, Bratislava
• 23.9.2004 1017
• Commision CTIF for the hazardous materials
• Bratislava
• 23. máj 2005
• mjr. Dipl. Ing. Duan Timko
• zastupca_at_hazu.sk

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The map
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Situation before the emergency call

• Objective health problems of victims (cough,
  choke, hurting of eyes)
• No signs of any emergency situation (any smoke,
  any smell)

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Operation of dispatch center

• Organisation of the alarm of units HaZU
• 1.st run
• PBA 155 ambulance, PBA 424 HAZMAT unit
• 2.nd run
• PBA 501 1. engine of Fire station Petralka (ask
  of commander of HAZMAT unit

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Operation of dispatch center

• information flow immediately after it got an
  information about the event
• Report about the event to dispatch centre of HQ
  (OS Prezídia HaZZ)
• Report about the event to dispatch centre of
  Country HQ (OS KR HaZZ Bratislava)
• Report about the event to State health department
  (tátny zdravotný ústav) ask for the
  cooperation with district hygienic for the
  supervision of hygienic epidemic safety of
  population

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Operation of the Incident commander

• Evacuation of all building ( 1035 )
• No entry to the building except the responders
  responsibility of Police PZ SR ( 1040 )
• Entering into the building just in full
  protection (possitive pressure chemical
  protection suit SCBA) ( 1035 )
• Making a group of victims ( 1040 )
• Asking for a tent for victims ( because of the
  decontamination ) ( 1041 disp.centre of HaZÚ
  asked disp.centre of country HQ)
• IC ordered for using the detection device CHP-71
  for identification of unknown Hazmat ( 1042 )

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Results of the measure

• The output from the device CHP 71 showed on
  presence of a group of agents sarin, soman, VX
• Second measure with the same results
• Time of first measure 1100
• Time of second measure 1120

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Operation of IC

• Asking for the group of the country department of
  civil protection ( 1120 )
• Asking for the regional department of public
  healthcare ( 1120 )
• Asking for the Rescue brigade of Fire and Rescue
  corps because of referention measure
• Asking for a bus of FRDB at 1238, on site 1323
• Asking for the country chemistry laboratory KCHL
  Nitra for identification of the agent (OS
  Prezídia HaZZ)
• (asking 1232, on the way 1253, on the site 1438,
  start of measure 1451)

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Operation on the site of event

• Arriving of the chief and deputy chief of FRDB on
  the site of the event( 1145 )
• Making of a staff for control and coordination of
  the responding services ( 1150 )
• Communication and coordination with department of
  regional healthcare, toxicology center and
  country doctor for placing of victims in
  hospitals ( 1315 )
• Transport of victims to the hospital of St.Cyril
  and Metod ( Antolská ) ( 1330 )
• Reference measure of ZB HaZZ Malacky was
  negative (CHP-71) ( 1340 )
• First measure of KCHL Nitra showed the same
  group of agents like first measure of FRDB
• Second measure of KCHL Nitra identificated agents
  Phosgene, Chloropicrin ( 1620 )
• Possitive pressure ventilation of the building
  with two fans ( 1911 )

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Evaluation

• Communication with department of regional
  healthcare
• MUDr. Kristiánová (she was on the site) she
  didnt know what to do, MUDr.Veselá managed
  through the country doctor and after consultation
  with Doc.MUDr. Kresák (toxicology center) at 1315
  placing of victims on central arriving point of
  the nearest hospital.
• Communication with media control staff got
  information to media every an hour ( The first
  information they got at 1300, by the IC por.
  Milan Illes and the chief of FRDB mjr. Ing. Pavol
  Mikuláek). Police got an information embargo at
  the time of identification of agents ( 1620 ) .
• Good level of cooperation between emergency
  services ( PZ SR, KCHL Nitra)

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Evaluation

• Communication with the department of regional
  healthcare ( bad they do not know what to do,
  the country doctor manages hospital)
• Response time of ZB HaZZ (alarm drive, device
  for measure)
• Communication with media ( timing of getting the
  info)
• Operation of country department of civil
  protection ( dead souls they just wrote)
• Good cooperation with emergency services ( PZ SR,
  KCHL Nitra)

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Questions ?!?

• What did the disp.centre of country HQ KR HaZZ ?
• How information have got the disp.centre of HQ
  HaZZ about response sources of rescue brigade
  HaZZ ?
• Why officers of regional department of public
  healthcare (hygienic) do not know what to do if
  ...

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