There is created within the City Fire Department a team of specially trained firefighters to deal with spills or leaks of hazardous or toxic materials and other potentially dangerous situations involving hazardous or toxic materials with the city, which team shall be known as the City Haz-Mat Team. This Haz-Mat Team is an emergency effort to immediately respond to the hazardous wastes and toxic problems and to contain, if possible, the spillages, leaks, or other conditions which have created a hazardous situation until the time as the responsible parties and/or other agencies have taken responsibility of the situation and the emergency condition no longer exists. The ultimate responsibility for clean-up, transportation, and disposal of hazardous wastes caused by spillage, leaks, or other causes rests with the owner and/or custodian of the hazardous wastes and they are also responsible for damages caused to human life, real or personal property as a result of spillages, leaks, or other causes.
(Prior Code, § 35.125) (Ord. 3501, passed - -1989)