Ammonia Week in Review | January 3, 2020

An apartment is evacuated in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…

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Ammonia Smell Forces Apartment Building Evacuation – A maintenance worker using ammonia caused the evacuation of an apartment building in the 1600 block of Birch Road Friday, with a hazardous materials team called in to clear the chemical. […keep reading here or here]

Ammonia Leak Stopped at Seneca Warehouse – The first crews to arrive found pockets of ammonia smell immediately outside the warehouse, according to a fire department report. […keep reading]

Agricultural Anhydrous Ammonia Awareness Program Updated – Today, Fertilizer Canada, in partnership with the Paramedic Association of Canada, Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, launched an update of the Anhydrous Ammonia Awareness for First Responders awareness program, which gives the first responder community educational resources they need to understand the use and handling of agricultural anhydrous ammonia. […keep reading]

Weld Crack Led to Aammonia Leak, Probe Finds – The cracks grew while the chiller was in service until one of the cracks penetrated the vessel shell, releasing ammonia into the room. […keep reading]