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RAIL SAFETY/HAZMAT EMERGENCY RESPONSE

RAIL SAFETY/HAZMAT EMERGENCY RESPONSE. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION. CHALLENGES. Preparedness Mitigation Response Recovery. Derailment Train vs Train Train vs Vehicle. CHALLENGES. Large Quantities of Hazmat in Urban Areas Unknown Chemicals and Amounts Resources to Contain and Control

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RAIL SAFETY/HAZMAT EMERGENCY RESPONSE

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  1. RAIL SAFETY/HAZMATEMERGENCY RESPONSE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION

  2. CHALLENGES • Preparedness • Mitigation • Response • Recovery • Derailment • Train vs Train • Train vs Vehicle

  3. CHALLENGES • Large Quantities of Hazmat in Urban Areas • Unknown Chemicals and Amounts • Resources to Contain and Control • Effective Mitigation • Natural/Intentional/Technological • Owner/RP/SME Hours Away • Limited Resources

  4. PAST HISTORY • Lac Megantic, Quebec 7/6/13 • 74 Tank Cars Bakken Crude • Fire and Explosion • 42 Deaths • 30 + Buildings Destroyed

  5. PAST HISTORY • Graniteville, South Carolina 1/6/05 • 2 Trains Collide on Side Track • Chlorine, Sodium Hydroxide, Cresol • 90 Ton Chlorine Tank Rupture • 9 Deaths 250 Medicals • 5,400 Evacuated for 2 Weeks • $30-$40 Million in Costs

  6. PAST HISTORY • LaSalle, Colorado May 14, • 6 Tank Cars of 100 Car Train Derailed • 1 Car Leaking 28,000 gal • Niobrara Crude • Loaded in Windsor, Colorado • Locals Not Initially Notified

  7. PAST HISTORY • Alabama • North Dakota • Virginia • New Brunswick • 1272 in 2012 (USA)

  8. FEDERAL POLICY CHANGES • Products Allowed • Toxins • Poison • Flammables • Corrosives • Explosives • Quantities Allowed • Transport Vessel

  9. FEDERAL POLICY CHANGES • Information Sharing • Local Responders • Training • Local Responders • Resource Allocation • Local Responders

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