HomeMy WebLinkAbout01 BCCD Minutes and Attachments 01.09.1978 BRAZOS COUNTY
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JAKE CANGLOSE OFFICE OF JAMES PRESSWOOD
COUNTY DIRECTOR AND CHAIRMAN TEXAS AS IN UNIVERSITY DIRECTOR
E.E. BURNS CIVIL DEFENSE & EMERGENCY PLANNING GEORGE L. HUEBNER
COUNTY DEPUTY DIRECTOR COUNTY COURTHOUSE COLLEGE STATION DIRECTOR
J. LOUIS ODLE BRYAN 77801 NORTH BARDELL
BRYAN DIRECTOR COLLEGE STATION DEPUTY DIRECTOR
January 9, 1978
BRAZOS COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE MEETING
Monday January 9, 1978 5:00 PM..
COURTHOUSE CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICE
PRESENT: Judge Wm. R. Vance, Jake Canglose, Ed Burns, Charles Phelps,
Warren Heffington, Carroll Bell, Ben Wormeli.
PRESIDING: Jake Canglose.
PROPOSITIONS:
1. The 17th Annual Preparedness Conference for State and Local
Officials is scheduled for February 14 -16, 1978 at the
Hilton Inn, in Austin.
2. On December 14, 1978, Jake Canglose made a TV video tape
for KAMU -TV on the local Civil Defense program in the event
of a hazardous Chemical accident in this area.
3. On Friday 1:45 P.M., December 31, 1977,on the West By -Pass
in the Western Company parking area a tanker truck opened
and dumped its load of Hydrochloric (HCL) acid (27%). This
occured while the acid was being pumped under pressure into
a holding tank. The acid spilled down the driveway toward
FM 2118. The following agencies were involved in the cleanup
operations. Bryan Fire and Police Department, Sheriff's
Office, Department of Public Safety and Civil Defense.
Loads of lime were spread to neutralize the acid..
Representatives from Waco and Valley Mills of the the Texas
Quality Board and the Texas Air Quality Board arrived in late
afternoon to make tests that the acid was neutralized and that
no harmful residues remained.
Civil Defense Meeting -- January 9, 1978
4. Proposals for coping with hazardous materials in Brazos County were
made by Jake Canlgose.
A. Need for a registration for any firm or individual to store
hazardous materials. This would make known the kind and
location of these items. It may be advisable to limit these
items to a restricted area.
Discussion of this questioned how much of this is now known
by the fire department and city inspection departments such
as building and electrical.
B. Need for a Hazardous Materials Committee of three qualified men.
This committee would be available to consult with and provide
information for identity and control methods of potentially
hazardous materials involved in an accident. This information
would be available to those who must act in handling this
problem.
The TAMU Firemans training school has two men now starting a
training program for the proceedures for identifying and handling
of hazardous chemicals. It was suggested that the possibility
be explored for these men to be on or available to this committee.
C. It was concluded that information should be developed as to where
we are now in proceedures for handling chemical hazards.
Contacts to identify this will be made with the fire and police
departments of Bryan, College Station and TAMU, the County Sheriffs
Office and local Department of Public Safety Office.
This will include the inter - agency Coordination in planning and
implementation.
There is a need to identify each specific chemical that could be
a real hazard.
D. An excellent Emergency Phone Numbers list has been prepared by
the TAMU Engineering Extension Service. Jake Canglose distributed
copies of this list for use by the law enforcement and fire
departments of our county..
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