Thursday, June 16, 2011

Hazardous Conditons Call At Senator Murray's Satellite Office

Incident Date: June 16, 2011
Issuing Officer: Joe Meinecke
Incident Location: 950 Pacific Ave 
Incident Type: Hazardous Conditions Call

Narrative: At 12:17 p.m, four companies of Tacoma Firefighters (1 engine, 1 ladder, Haz-Mat, and command staff) responded to a report of a suspicious package at U.S. Senator Patty Murray's Tacoma satellite office.

After evacuating the office, standard testing for hazardous materials including biological, radiological and chemical substances were conducted by the haz-mat team.  The field test results were negative and the scene was turned over to law enforcement and the U.S. postal service for follow-up. 

There were no injuries to report.