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Elsmere Fire Company A, Inc.
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Elsmere Fire District is one of the newest participants in the Albany County Hazmat Group. The program falls under the direction of the Albany County Fire Coordinators Office. Elsmere's district, which borders the City of Albany on the east, Delmar Fire District on the west, and Selkirk Fire District on the south, is part of the Town of Bethlehem. The district is comprised of a mix of residential and commercial occupancies. They also cover several major transportation corridors. Since 1996 the membership has participated in numerous hours of training in the area of hazardous materials mitigation and decontamination to protect specific occupancies within their fire district. Elsmere Fire is capable of handling incidents involving products, which require level B protection, or less. They currently have 37 members trained as hazardous materials technicians. Additionally their fire officers have completed the NYS Hazardous Materials Incident Command Course. Their specialty is the decontamination of fellow responders handling an incident and mass decontamination of several hundred civilians at a large gathering or at the entrance of a health care facility.
 
Their response vehicles consist of Squad 33, a 1999 Pierce Sabre squad vehicle. MERV 38 a Ford F350 pickup and decontamination trailer. If an incident warrants, the incident commander may request, MERV 39 a 27 passenger 2001 International Bus. It is available as a mobile briefing center, rehab station, or for civilian housing/evacuation. It is equipped with a restroom, full emergency response package and extensive low/high band radio capabilities.
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