HazMat - Hazardous Materials
The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department Hazardous Materials Incident
Response Team (HIRT) is a highly trained group of firefighters who protect
lives and property from incidents involving hazardous materials such as
chemical explosions and spills.
The Hazardous Materials Incident Response team is a San Diego City and
County effort with the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department and San Diego
County Department of Environmental Health employees staffing HIRT.
Since 1993, HIRT responds as a five person team to Hazardous Material Emergencies for all of San Diego County. San Diego City HIRT members also respond to other cities in the County and some military installations and Indian land.
Environmental Response Team
If an incident involves abandoned waste, such a motor oil, which does not
require the advanced equipment and testing of HIRT, the San Diego Fire-Rescue
Department Environmental Response Team or ERT
is dispatched.
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