The Linn County Hazardous Materials Response team was founded in 1978 and began serving the citizens of Linn County, Iowa.
The Linn County Regional Hazardous Materials Response Team is comprised of both volunteers and career personnel who train together to mitigate hazardous situations throughout Linn County, Iowa.
The Linn County Hazardous Materials Response team was founded in 1978 and began serving the citizens of Linn County, Iowa. In 1996 Linn County Hazardous Materials Team signed its first agreement to cover Benton County for response protection. Currently the Linn County Regional Hazmat Team has response contracts with nine counties in eastern Iowa: Benton, Buchanan, Half of Cedar, Clayton, Delaware, Fayette, Iowa, Jones and Linn.
The Linn County Regional Hazmat Team currently provides services covering 5,864 square miles, which includes a population of 366,770, 113 incorporated cities, approximately 35 miles of the Mississippi river, 325 miles of US Interstate/Highways and 301 miles of railroads.
Hazardous materials pose a real and potentially disastrous threat to the citizens. Hazardous materials incidents may include, but are not limited to, responses involving fires, spills, transportation accidents, chemical reactions and explosions. Associated hazards involved may include toxicity, flammability, radiological, corrosives, explosives, health, or any combination of these items.
Linn County is proactive in both planning and emergency response relative to hazardous materials incidents, as well as potential terrorist incidents involving weapons of mass destruction.
It is the mission of the Linn County Regional Hazmat Team to remove endangered people, conduct emergency rescue operations, and act as technical advisors to the incident commander at scenes of hazardous material releases. These activities are conducted by properly trained and equipped team members, using only safe work practices.
