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where it is so that they can tell fire fighters what they’re dealing with.”
The emergency services coordinator acknowledged that most people in Rappahannock have hazardous chemicals stored in kitchen cabinets or in the back corner of a garage or basement. “But it’s not enough of anything to cause a real problem,” he said, emphasizing that quantity is the key. “When you’re dealing with 55 gallon drums and 50 pound sacks, that’s an entirely different story.”
“It pays for an orchardist or a farmer to keep an inventory (of pesticides and other chemicals),” Mr. Morris agreed. He also suggested that storage buildings be marked on the outside with warning signs “so that firemen don’t go charging in.”
As another safety measure, he advised triple rinsing containers when empty, then knocking holes in them before disposing of the drums in a sanitary landfill.
As for the sand left covering the ashes of the shed, Mr. Morris suggested that it be disposed of in the landfill as well. The sand dumped on the flames by the fire fighters poses no environmental threat, according to the USDA inspector. “It won’t give you any more of a problem than if you’d spilled oil on sand,” he said, noting that the only chemicals determined to have been in that shed are “light petroleum oil base.”
Mr. Morris, who also reported his findings to the Environmental Protection Agency, had a final word of assurance: “People should be concerned about pesticides, but not alarmed.”
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