| Celebrating our 17th year since incorporating
in 1990, Southern Waste Services, Inc. d/b/a SWS First Response
(SWS), has grown from a small local environmental firm, to one of
the premier emergency response and environmental service contractors
in the country.
Currently operating from 16 service centers in Florida,
Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee, SWS employs more than
150 personnel and operates over 100 pieces of rolling stock. From
chemists to field technicians and from vacuum trucks to portable
light towers, SWS’ personnel and equipment are second to none.
Emergency responses range in size from 25 gallons
of diesel fuel in a parking lot to 700,000 gallons of heating oil
in a harbor. SWS responds to over 1,000 spills per year and professionally
manages each and every one of them with skill and expertise. Response
teams and management personnel have handled incidents in almost
every State as well as locations worldwide. From Puerto Rico and
Bolivia to Venezuela and most recently Iraq, SWS provides global
response services to our clients as needed.
With over $15,000,000 in equipment, SWS continues
to update, modernize and technologically lead the field in environmental
response. Using this equipment in conjunction with modern field
analysis techniques, SWS assures the client of an effective response
in compliance with all federal, state and local requirements.
Through on-going Health & Safety training as well
as medical monitoring, our personnel are qualified to perform at
all levels of “First Response”. From diesel spill cleanups
to Level-A response, SWS personnel are trained, experienced and
qualified!
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