The May 21, 2026 Riverhead Town Board work session lists an update on the formation of a Hazardous Materials team, and the attached April 1, 2026 Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Plan formalizes a Town of Riverhead Hazardous Materials Response Team with defined capabilities (Type III with some Type II) and intermunicipal mutual aid expectations. The plan describes current limitations in HazMat equipment, the need for specialized PPE, monitoring instruments, decontamination gear, communications, and training, and notes that additional resources are obtained from county and neighboring municipal teams. This indicates the Town is in the process of standing up and operationalizing its own team and will likely need to procure further equipment, supplies, training, and possibly software tools for hazard databases and incident management. Vendors providing HazMat response equipment, PPE, decontamination systems, gas detection and monitoring instruments, training programs, and planning/consulting services can engage while the team’s inventory and standard operating procedures are still being finalized. A practical conversation would focus on helping the Fire Marshal’s Office and HazMat Coordinator close the identified capability gaps to move from a basic Type III posture toward more robust Type II capabilities and ensure compatibility with Suffolk County and neighboring teams’ equipment and systems.

Plan explicitly notes HazMat equipment cache is limited and that additional resources are currently ...