County officials are working through a series of agreements to more effectively station its HAZMAT resources.

The commissioners on Wednesday approved the first of potentially a few agreements to station those materials along the US 6 corridor.

Commissioner Ben Kafferlin said that the plan is to take LEPC- and EMA-owned HAZMAT materials and, rather than load it on trucks, take the equipment that HAZMAT operations people need and store it in a 14-foot trailer.

He said the idea is to place those trailers at facilities along US 6, including one in Clarendon and one in Wrightsville.

“This is going to help deploy things much quicker,” he said, explaining that instead of HAZMAT responders going to the county warehouse to respond, local fire departments that need HAZMAT cleanup materials “can just go grab this trailer from wherever it is and get to the scene much faster.”

Wednesday’s locked in the ability to place a HAZMAT trailer at Mead Township’s facility.

Commissioner Tricia Durbin said the agreement will be “one of few” for this purpose.

The commissioners during Wednesday’s meeting also approved a lease agreement with the Warren County Development Association to secure office space at the Harmar St. incubator.

“This is actually to house people who are going to be hired and trained for the reassessment process,” Durbin said.