Community Safety
Information & Policies
Hazardous Materials — 777-7533 or 777-7788
If hazardous materials are involved in a fire
Follow evacuation procedures, then call 7533 with this information:
1. What is the exact location of the fire?
2. What hazardous materials are involved?
3. How much hazardous material is involved?
4. How close is the fire to other hazardous materials?
If there is a significant spill involving hazardous materials
Isolate the area and follow evacuation procedures, then call 7533 with this information:
If you may be contaminated with a hazardous material
• Avoid contact with others as much as possible.
• Use emergency showers and/or eyewashes.
• Call 7533 to report your name and location, and
request medical care.
• If you must leave the immediate area to begin
decontamination, make sure a community safety officer knows where you are.
If there is an incidental spill involving hazardous materials
An incidental spill is one that has caused no injury, poses no significant threat to anyone’s health or safety or to the environment, and can be safely cleaned up without help. In such a case:
• Isolate the affected area.
• Call 7533 or 7788 with the following information:
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