Flood response and clean-up at Carlisle service station

The solution

Adler and Allan’s arrived the very next day. Engineers carried out extensive top-middle-bottom sampling of the stored fuel, checking the quality and whether it had been affected by the flooding. Water ingress had occurred not only in the tanks but there had been extensive flood damage inside the retail unit of the forecourt, damaging food, confectionery and automotive products. Adler and Allan dispatched teams of specialist engineers to clear the flood-damaged stock, carefully managing the waste stream by separating food waste from non-food based items to enable them to be lifted to the correct destination as appropriate - always adhering to strict waste disposal guidelines. The shop was cleared and recommendations put forward for the uplift and polishing of the contaminated fuel. The site has currently been ‘mothballed’ due to the forthcoming refit deemed necessary following the flood; if this had not been the case, Adler and Allan would have also undertaken a full site clean and sanitisation programme. Interceptors and ACO drains were cleaned and oily water removed by our ADR spec vac tankers for safe disposal. The extent of the damage in the shop also meant it was necessary to uplift the refrigerated units which had become wedged behind storeroom doors, preventing access. These had to be removed in order to complete the clean-up. In addition, the Adler and Allan team had to consider sewage and Weils disease ensuring correct PPE and hygiene regimes were carefully adhered to.