Overturned Milk Tanker Leaking on I-196 RampCollege Avenue I-196 Westbound Ramp, Grand Rapids · Belknap Lookout

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Overturned Milk Tanker Leaking on I-196 Ramp

College Avenue I-196 Westbound Ramp, Grand Rapids · Belknap Lookout

Timeline

  1. Police
    GRPD dispatched: Car Accident
  2. Radio
    Multiple units dispatched to College Avenue at the I-196 westbound ramp, switching to Channel 2
  3. Radio
    Battalion 7 confirms incident is on the ramp, not on an island
  4. Radio
    Unit asks to be added to the hazmat call
  5. Radio
    Rescue 1 and Passnet 2 dispatched to College Avenue at the I-196 westbound ramp; responding on Channel 2
  6. Radio
    Hazmat 1 and Hazmat 2 en route; Truck 2 added to the assignment
  7. Radio
    All occupants out of vehicle; two patients identified at the scene
  8. Radio
    Command directing incoming unit to position between Rescue 1 and Engine 3 at scene
  9. Radio
    Overturned milk tanker leaking milk, about 56,000 gallons on board; two medical patients. Command notifying city resources about milk going into the drain; heavy wrecker requested for overturned 18-wheeler.
  10. Radio
    Crews report a leak at the scene
  11. Radio
    Two heavy wrecker rotators requested to right the 48-foot tanker trailer; crews working with the vehicle occupant on offloading the product
  12. Radio
    Second Murls unit on scene; load is 56,000 pounds of milk
  13. Radio
    Environmental services on the phone; no fuel leak, cargo is exclusively milk and contained

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