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.