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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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