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Town of Lakeshore, Essex County
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Highway 401 and Manning Rd.
- Approximately 0800 hours
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Heavy Fog
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Visibility Zero
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From 911/Ambulance - notification given by cellular callers
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3 separate locations given 85 vehicles in collision stretched over 1 1/2 miles
- 30 vehicles in hot zone
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Diesel tanker ruptured
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20,000-30,000 litres involved
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Radioactive Isotopes reported to be involved
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45 patients transported to hospital
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8 deceased
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27 ambulance vehicles
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42 paramedics
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3 hospitals
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5 area fire departments
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47 fire vehicles
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217 fire personnel
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Emergency Communications Windsor Fire Dispatch
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2 on-duty Dispatchers increased to 6
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25 additional unrelated incidents
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1,244 phone calls during incident
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250 phone calls during normal operations
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Other municipal agencies
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Public Works
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Transit Windsor
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Airport Fire
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Salvation Army
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Sports Medic
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Windsor Police
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Red Cross
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Victim Services
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County of Essex Emergency Planner
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