What we do
With both residential & commercial fuel/oil spills the following steps are taken:
Identify source:
- Date oil/fuel release occurred & address and location of incident
- Confirm tank contents (observed and/or any monitoring results)
- Volume of heating oil lost / released
- Type of release e.g. tank failure, pipe failure or filling spill
- Trade name of the fuel involved.
Identify route of exposure:
- Odours in or outside the property
- Drinking water-tainted taste or odour (as kerosene can permeate through plastic pipes)
- Surface that oil has spilt onto (e.g. concrete, gravel, grass etc.)
- Any oil pooling in property or gardens – dermal and odour exposure
- Identification of groundwater (Environment Agency) which may affect migration of the heating oil and any private water supplies in the vicinity of the plume
Identify the population at risk:
- Residents living in the property e.g. vulnerable age groups, young children and the elderly
- Any nearby properties which may have been affected (e.g. through shared pipes, spill migrating to other properties)
- People with respiratory illness
- Patients on dialysis
- Children with pica
- Bottle fed infants
- Symptomatic individuals
Some of the many benefits of employing the services of PACS Ltd in the unfortunate event of a spill or leak are that we can assist you with the following:
- Maintaining your property value
- Minimizing the disruption to you & your family
- Minimizing the disruption to your business & work force
- Minimizing your compliance exposure
- Minimizing your clean-up costs by acting quickly
- Complying with local & environmental laws