CAFMA RESPONDS FOR CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURES AT DRAKE CEMENT PLANT

A REPORTED CARDIAC ARREST AT DRAKE CEMENT IN PAULDEN RESULTED IN HASMAT CREWS FROM NUMEROUS AGENCIES CALLED TO THE SCENE.

THE CREW OF CAFMA ENGINE 63 WAS DISPATCHED TO THE PLANT YESTERDAY MORNING AND, UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, WERE ALERTED TO TWO ADDITIONAL PATIENTS REPORTING SYMPTOMS CONSISTENT WITH EXPOSURE TO CARBON MONOXIDE, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PATIENTS TO THREE.

BATTALION 6 IMMEDIATELY REQUESTED A HAZMAT RESPONSE, WHICH INCLUDED HAZMAT 1, CAFMA ENGINE 58, PRESCOTT FIRE DEPARTMENT ENGINE 75, AND ADDITIONAL AMBULANCES.

ALL THREE PATIENTS WERE TRANSPORTED VIA PRIORITY AMBULANCE AND LIFE LINE AMBULANCE TO HOSPITALS IN PRESCOTT AND FLAGSTAFF. A CAFMA PARAMEDIC RODE IN WITH THE LIFE LINE CREW TO ASSIST WITH PATIENT CARE.

WHILE WORKING CLOSELY WITH DRAKE CEMENT PERSONNEL, HAZMAT CREWS REMAINED ON SCENE TO COMPLETE TESTING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.