VIDEO/PHOTOS: Ashland City police, fire, Emergency Management Agency, State Highway Patrol and other Ashland County personnel practiced a full-scale hazardous materials exercise at the Bostik chemical plant on Tuesday morning.
Fire trucks, squad cars and ambulances packed the Bostik parking lot, located at 1745 Cottage St., for the annual training.
โThis exercise is designed to test local emergency response procedures and inter-agency coordination in the event of a hazardous materials incident,โ according to an Ashland County EMA press release.
The scenario featured a catastrophic failure in the process of unloading a chemical which resulted in a fire, a product leak and the injury of an operator, Ashland City Fire Division Captain Rob McCrea said.
The chemical was methyl ethyl ketone, which is a highly flammable industrial solvent. Bostik regularly uses this product in their facility and receives shipments of the product often.
