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Rockton area residents seek answers in wake of Chemtool plant fire
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Rockton residents shaken by Chemtool fire, find metallic debris yards
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ROCKTON Teams of local officials and trained volunteers on Tuesday canvassed neighborhoods surrounding Chemtool in an effort to gather an initial assessment on the extent homes and businesses were damaged by last week s massive industrial fire.
Local officials and engineers were joined by Team Rubicon, a volunteer veterans organization that provides disaster relief, Laborer’s Disaster Response Teams and others. They interviewed home and business owners while gathering data that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency can use use to apply for federal disaster funding. We have volunteer teams going house to house, said Jodi Moyer, an EMS coordinator for Beloit Health System who volunteers with Team Rubicon. We are talking to the homeowners getting some data the county is going to utilize working in conjunction with IEMA. This is data collection. Each team has a list of questions that are asked that correlate to IEMA’s damage assessment software. They literally
The potential sticking point is a statement on the second page of the reimbursement form that reads: DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF YOUR CLAIM, CHEMTOOL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE YOU TO EXECUTE A RELEASE OF CLAIMS AGAINST CHEMTOOL PRIOR TO MAKING ANY PAYMENT.
With all of the uncertainty stemming from the massive industrial blaze that burned the Chemtool facility on Prairie Hill Road to the ground last week and with environmental impact and health and safety monitoring and testing still going on, some say it s too soon to sign on the dotted line.
Rockford attorney Tamika Walker is among them.
Chemtool fire: Rockton officials look to hold company accountable
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