Quote1928926 12:53:12 09-05-06 PR4 - Explosion at Gladstone - 5? doas - 2 other pats - Res 51 + SOt tasked - rgds Tony Cuzz.
1924181 12:50:14 09-05-06 SHQ: SIG INC: FYI: 5 BRIGADES INCL. MFS RESPONDING EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN EXPLOSIVES FACTORY. 10 KM NORTH GLADSTONE. RDO 4 MOBILE. FROM DSC WATTS... < 9/05/2006 12:50:01
Sounds nasty.....
1928926 12:53:12 09-05-06 PR4 - Explosion at Gladstone - 5? doas - 2 other pats - Res 51 + SOt tasked - rgds Tony Cuzz.
Very nasty.
hmm, according to news.com.au there are an undisclosed amount of injuries and a few unaccounted people. but that pager msg paints a lot worser picture.
munitions, that would be interesting to fight!
We cant start saying how this happened until reports are confirmed on how many are injured or unaccounted for we'll just have to wait till news time
Noticed they are responding brigades for Hazmat as well... could be a long job...
I've just watched Ten News and now there are 2 confirmed fatalities from this explosion :-( talk about a run of bad luck for South Australian business with that explosion just the other week in Adelaide
JEEESUS i can't believe anyone got out of that alive.
Gee, maybe they should take that "No Smoking" sign a bit more seriously next time...
Nasty job for all and one that I would not like to go to and I am sure there are alot more people who would not like to go. All the best to the crews that are there .
I see they are pulling in Hazmat operators from the Region 1...
Wish us luck for tomorrow :|
Good luck...
warm up your hazmat truck, burnside members!
Hi there
Another anoying thing about this incident - they are calling Hazmat operators from region 1 but havent yet paged there own area being region 4??????
On an important note take care crews.
Wayne
Could it have anything to do with wanting MART combatants? I know some of the people that went weren't MART trained, but maybe they wanted them? :?
Would Like To See Some Photos Of The Iccident, Not The DOA's But The Scene In General.
Quote from: CyberCitizen on May 10, 2006, 03:00:31 PM
Would Like To See Some Photos Of The Iccident, Not The DOA's But The Scene In General.
I'd filtered well hope not the DOA's! :lol:
factory was on the news last night, or what was left of it!
I also heard today emerg. services crews are pulling out of there, apparently its WAYYYYYY to dodgy
There are photos in the paper,boy what a mess...
Ive got some photos, I'll post them later. We got to within around 75-100m of the factory. We built the decon zone upwind, uphill... which turned uphill, downwind rather fast. (Yay for weather forecasts) At the lovely smell of Nitric Acid (venting from its container), we had the zone packed back on the truck in uder 5 mins, and got the hell out of dodge.
There were numerous containers on the site that had either been breached or were suspected to be severly damaged. The main safety issue we had was a large container (I forget the mixture.. Im so terribly tired) that was burning yesterday. We had no idea of the temperature of it, and the IMT was unwilling to let anyone get close enough to find out. This, coupled with the 2-300kg (yes two - three hundred kilo) block of freshly made TNT sitting a few meters away, made things rather easier for a robot to complete.
Hard to believe anyone survived it... not much left of anything out there.
Nice to see they sent in the robot and lets face it any OIC would not send in human's,tell me is the army bomb team there as this would there line of work.
Thanks for the info TOAST :wink:
all the best and play safe
Quote from: rescue5271 on May 11, 2006, 06:06:45 AM
Nice to see they sent in the robot and lets face it any OIC would not send in human's,tell me is the army bomb team there as this would there line of work.
As far as I know, as of yesterday, only the SAPOL bomb squad was there. The same people who said on tusday 'Nah its safe, we dont need to be here, bye!"
Safe??? what about the block of TNT??
Thats what we said! I believe (what we were told) was that it was 2-300 KILOS NOT Ton as was reported on the news. It may have changed upon the close inspection they had today though.
I found out that a guy in my brigades a MART team member and he was there. He said it was pretty interesting, he spent some time walking around in a gas suit taking snaps of various containers for HAZMAT crews.
Speaking to some SES people. Crews were on site from Tuesday to Saturday.
Saturday's task was to plot GPS co-ordinates on all debris at the site, so that a plan of the explosion/impact area could be created.
Have seen some photos which are surprising and humbling. Condolances to families, community and crews that were affected.
It has been a busy few months with industrial accidents in SA. i hope this is the end.
Quote from: bajdas on May 16, 2006, 02:18:14 PM
It has been a busy few months with industrial accidents in SA. i hope this is the end.
Don't we all :|
hmm amen to that