The West Georgia Regional Haz/Mat Team was established
in 1995 to assist the Fire Departments of Bremen,
 Carroll
County, Carrollton, Haralson County, Heard County,
Newnan, and Tallapoosa plus any area that the Georgia
Mutual Aid Group or Federal Government may request
assistance in the mitigation of incidents involving
hazardous materials including, fuels, chemicals,
radiological materials, biological agents, and weapons
of mass destruction.The mission of our emergency
response team is not for clean up, removal, or storage of
hazardous materials, but rather to restore a stable
environment, care for the injured, protect life,
property and the environment.
The team consists of members from each of the Fire
Departments listed above, which provides
 approximately
150 personnel for the team. The team is equipped with a
tractor drawn trailer including a command module, level A
Haz/Mat Entry suits, tools, self contained breathing
apparatus, monitoring/metering equipment,
decontamination equipment, power generator, light tower,
computer equipment, chemical library and communications
equipment.
The response team is capable of detection and
identification of chemicals including solids, liquids,
gases, biological, radiological, nerve gases, mustard
gases and blistering agents. |
