SWSI personnel were required to provide standby rescue teams while the client inspected, inventoried and prepared for transport in excess of 150 individual chemical containers discovered in an abandoned storage area of a large educational institution. Response teams were responsible for four contractor representatives operating inside the evacuated facility. Materials present included toxic compressed gases, shock sensitive and explosive materials …

In this incident, a spill of formaldehyde, a toxic, volatile chemical, was suspected at a large research facility where a large number of biological samples preserved in formaldehyde were stored. There were reports of the odour of the product in and around the facility. SWSI Hazardous Materials Specialists were required to investigate the presence of formaldehyde in the storage area …