9222_Fire Occurrence Report_20221118

South Wake Landfill
11/18/2022 Approximately 7:00 PM
Approxomately 1/2 acre of MSW waste was involved. The fire started and was contained within the dailyworking face of the landfill.
It appears that something in the waste ignited and started the fire after personnel left the site forthe day.
Assess the current situation, knock the flames down with water while covering with soil tosmother the fire.
Apex Fire was dispatched and directly notified Wake County personnel, Mike Proctor
92-22
The various waste streams that come to the site contain items that are known to combust on their own such aslithium polymer batteries contained in small consumer electronics. Events like this are not easily prevented howevertheir damage can be mitigated keeping the density high and maintaining a small working face.
We will continue to maintain a small stockpile of soil next to the working face that can be used for fire protectionif the need arises or can be used to cover the waste as it gets up to grade. All personnel will continue to be trained in our unique fire-fighting tactics and an After Action Debreif will be conducted to see where we canimprove our efficiency.
Seth C. Gundersen Landfill Operations Manager 11/21/2022
11/21/2022
Roy Baldwin notified DEQ of fire occurrence on evening of 11/18 and followed up the morning of 11/19 to inform DEQ the fire was extinguished by facility personnel. I spoke to Seth Gunderson on 11/21 and he said the cause of fire is unknown, but was proud of his staff who extinguished the firewithin 4.5 hours. Affected area will continue to be monitored by facility staff. -Tim Davis