Five Year Report
1993-1997

Acknowledgments

• Elizabeth Esseks and Richard Leiker for their data collection, follow-up on incidents, and data analyses during and after the years covered by this report
• The Oregon Emergency Response System for tireless incident response, reliable and timely incident reporting, and cooperation in resolving reporting difficulties
• The Office of State Fire Marshal for continuous improvements in their incident reporting system and reliable and timely incident reporting
• The National Response Center for faxing incident reports immediately
• The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality for helping us track down details needed for follow-up on incidents
• HazMat Team Leaders for their helpful and instructive response to our questions and providing us with their data needs so that our findings can be applied to prevention of spills and injuries
• The Oregon Fire Departments, Police Departments, Ambulance Crews, Emergency Room Personnel, and other emergency response personnel who willingly and patiently provided us with vital information to follow-up on the emergency incidents
• The many businesses and industrial firms and Health and Safety staff who provided necessary details on incidents
• Wendy Pickner for her patient and pleasant nature and hard work in preparing the document for publication
• Dr. Melvin Kohn, Michael Heumann, Rick Leiker, Kevin Horton, and Perri Zeitz for their review of the document and helpful comments
• Our sister and brother HSEES state coordinators for their continued help in solving problems
• ATSDR for providing funds for the Oregon HSEES System. The Oregon Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance (HSEES) system is supported by a cooperative agreement, U61/ATU096966, from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in Atlanta, Georgia.