HomeMy WebLinkAbout121923-Daily-Incident-UpdateNAVY HANGAR FIRE
Daily Update
Date: December 19, 2023
Incident Information: 714-426-2444
Hours: 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Email: NavyHangarRecovery@tustinca.org
Website: https://tustinca.org
Future updates from this incident will be released daily and will include the latest information based on operations and recovery
progress.
ALL UPDATED INCIDENT INFORMATION IN BLUE.
SCHOOLS
• All 29 Tustin Unified School District (TUSD) schools have been inspected, mitigated, and
cleared. Heritage Elementary opened today with Legacy Magnet Academy opening
tomorrow, December 20, 2023.
DEBRIS CLEARANCE UPDATE:
RESIDENTIAL
• Certified Asbestos Consultants (CACs) and Asbestos Mitigation teams completed a total of 8
residential inspections and mitigations and 8 inspections. To date, a total of 1,143 reports
have been reported to the portal, of which 1,131 have been inspected and 963 have been
mitigated and cleared.
PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS
• Certified Asbestos Consultants (CACs) and Asbestos Mitigation teams have completed 100%
of the public right of ways.
• A 1 '/4 mile stretch of the railroad tracks beginning at Redhill and Edinger was fully mitigated
Saturday, December 91" by a crew of more than 100.
PARKS
Veterans Sports Park and Legacy Park have reopened. All Tustin parks are open.
HEALTH & SAFETY UPDATE
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Daily Update
Date: December 19, 2023
County of Orange Health Officer & Chief of Public Health Services Regina ChinsioKwong, in a letter this
week to Tustin Mayor Austin Lumbard and his City Council colleagues, informed City officials that air
monitoring of the Navy Hangar Fire site in Tustin by multiple health and environmental regulators shows no
concern regarding airborne asbestos. Dr. ChinsioKwong's letter also states that air monitoring of metals
collected to date were under the level of concern or were not detected. Experts from the IMT's
Environmental Unit have determined that testing indoor spaces is not necessary, thanks to reassuring test
results from nearby facilities.
View the correspondence in its entirety here:
httl2s://www.tustinca.org/DocumentCenter/View/l 1437/Letter-to-City-of-Tustin-Hanger-Incident-12132023
Dr. ChinsioKwong also provided updated Health & Safety Tips, along with an Incident Phase Community
Guide for the public.
The Health & Safety Tips address concerns such as landscaping, heating, ventilation, air conditioning as
well as cleaning methods for homes/buildings. View the Health & Safety Tips here:
https://www.tustinca.org/DocumentCenter/View/l 1436/OCHCA-Health-and-Safety-Tips
View the Incident Phase Community Guide here:
https://www.tustinca.org/DocumentCenter/View/l 1435/OCHCA-Community-Guide-to-Phases
NAVY HANGAR SITE OPERATIONAL UPDATE:
DOOR DECONSTRUCTION COMPLETED
• The process began on December 5th with the moving of heavy equipment and other materials
to the area after the application of the Tackifier (Gorilla Snot).
• The first hangar door was deconstructed on Friday, December 8, 2023.
• Deconstruction of the remaining hangar door was completed December 1 11"
• The removal of the pillboxes (external structures) connected at the top of the concrete pillars
is now complete.
• The door deconstruction process was estimated to take 2-2.5 weeks and was completed in
13 days.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
RESIDENTIAL UNVERIFIED DEBRIS INVESTIGATION AND MITIGATION
Inspection and mitigation teams are actively working through residential neighborhoods. If your
residence is unattended when they arrive, the team will leave a door flyer with a QR code and
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Date: December 19, 2023
instructions on how to sign up for an appointment. If more information is needed, the community
may call 714-426-2444, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
SAMPLING AND REMEDIATION PROCCESS
Below is a step-by-step process for how our teams will respond to reported debris:
1. Your report will be assigned to a Certified Asbestos Consultant (CAC) schedule an onsite
inspection of your residence or business.
2. *The CAC or Certified Site Surveillance Technician (CSST) will visit your home to collect a
sample of the debris to be sent off -site fortesting. You will be contacted to confirm whether
the debris is Asbestos Containing Material (ACM).
3. *If the debris tests positive for asbestos, an ACM Remediation Team will be assigned to
return to your home to clean-up the debris. Upon completion of the clean-up, a separate
team will return to your residence or business to confirm a successful remediation of the
area.
*PLEASE NOTE THAT STEPS 2 AND 3 MAY BE COMPLETED SIMULTANEOUSLY.
4. You will be asked by the CAC or CSSTto sign a release of liability. This form solely provides
consent for the teams to access your private property to investigate and remediate any
suspected material. Please refer to the "Private Property Consent and Waiver Process"
document available at the following link: https://www.tustinca.org/l484/Private-Property-
Consent-and-Waiver-Proc.
CALL CENTER & WEBSITE
The City of Tustin's website is regularly updated with the most recent information regarding the
Navy Hangar Fire. We encourage the community to visit https://www.tustinca.org first as many
can be answered via the website. If more information is needed, the community may call 714-
426-2444, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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