A tranquil scene at Hongoeka Quarry, soon to change for the worse.
(All photos by Fhoneman)
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Porirua volunteers were first truck in.
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The fire turns out to be acid fog fro leaking nitric acid contaiers. One walking wounded is given oxygen as immediate first aid.
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An unconscious patient is rescued from the bottom storey - 90kg deadweight up near vertical stairs, then along the gangway.
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The eqivalent of two crews are in the hotzone before the incident is declared hazmat, so upwind positions are found and Level 3s donned.
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A big incident ground - the aerial waiting at the gate is seveal hundred metres from the action and two relay pumps ae required
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Plimmerton was the second pump in the chain.
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Titahi Bay was the first pump in the chain.
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