Possible Ammonia Leak

Timeline

1. 8:38pm
   Possible ammonia leak reported at Country Fresh, 300 block of March St SW; large cloud inside, at least one person injured, 64-year-old male
2. 8:39pm
   Wyoming Car 3 en route
3. 8:42pm
   Request to have the building evacuated
4. 8:44pm
   Caller is providing patient care in the main office; unclear if rest of building has evacuated
5. 8:44pm
   Car 3 on scene, establishing incident command
6. 8:48pm
   Request for hazmat from Grand Rapids; dispatcher asked to find out what part of the building the caller is in
7. 8:48pm
   Caller reports people just past a guard check at the location
8. 8:48pm
   Vacant building with no Knox box; crews can see inside, no smoke or fire visible
9. 8:49pm
   Crews staging upwind of the building pending further assessment and safety plan
10. 8:52pm
    Caller and patient are at a building at the far west end of March Street
11. 8:53pm
    Command post being set up on north end of building, upwind; dispatch asked to advise emergency management and Grand Rapids
12. 8:53pm
    Command ordering evacuation of surrounding buildings
13. 8:53pm
    Crew asking whether to evacuate to the south and west
14. 8:53pm
    Command says start evacuating south and west; wind out of the north at about 6 mph
15. 8:54pm
    Crew asking whether to evacuate as far as 28th Street
16. 8:54pm
    Command directing evacuation to start with everything on March Street, then work outward
17. 8:57pm
    Command requesting a dedicated radio channel for hazmat operations
18. 8:58pm
    Dispatch asking if command wants emergency management to respond