Rail Safety & Hazmat Transportation Training & Drill
Training Event
Overview
Training includes:
- Classroom instruction and simulated hands-on training scenarios
- Complimentary Lunch
- Certificates will be provided via email following electronic event evaluation form
- Earn your TRANSCAER Challenge coin at the end of the session
Note: You only need to register for one session. All topics are covered within each 7-hour session. Multiple sessions are offered in order to accommodate the multiple shifts of the departments.
Attendee Level
- Hazmat technician/specialist
- First responders
- Anyone interested in learning more about this topic
- Basic/Introduction
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Event Focus
Featured Topics:
- Case Studies
- Train Consists
- AskRail Mobile App.
- Understanding Tank Cars
- Rail Emergency Response
- Ammonia Emergency Response
- Emergency Response Kits
Description
Classroom Sessions:
- Case Studies: Overview of Union Pacific Railroad incidents and the response considerations for each.
- Train Consist Overview: Learn how to read a train consist and the critical information that it will provide emergency responders during a response to an incident on the railroad.
- AskRail® Mobile App: Learn about the AskRail smartphone app - a safety tool giving first responders immediate access to accurate, timely data about what type of hazardous materials a railcar is carrying.
- Ammonia Properties & Emergency Response: An overview of anhydrous ammonia, including its chemical and physical properties, placards, labels, containers, tank construction, and the hazards and potential outcomes associated with an anhydrous ammonia incident.
Field Exercises:
- Field Exercise 1 (Flat Car– Fittings/Valves/Housing Overview): Conducted using UP’s flat car. This training focuses on familiarization with various valves and fittings within housings on pressure and general service tank cars.
- Field Exercise 2 (Tank Car Build/Design/Identification/Field Assessment): Conducted using UP’s Tank Car. This training focuses on familiarization with the design and build of pressure and general service tank cars, how to identify the type of tank car, and how to conduct a field damage assessment.
- Field Exercise 3 ERK Workshop: Learn about potential leak scenarios for flammable gas tank car valves and fittings and how to mitigate those leaks. Install the Midland and Indian Springs Emergency Response Kits on a typical flammable gas assembly.
- Drill: Rail related drill for emergency responders on 3 types of releases and mitigating the leaks, along with a simulated scenario on a release utilizing the Union Pacific training tank car.
Important Details
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT required for hands-on workshop. Solid shoes, preferably high-top boots are recommended, and full-length pants are required. No sandals are permitted. Gloves and safety glasses are required. Hard hats and vests are optional are recommended but optional.
Please advise the instructor(s) of any pre-existing medical condition(s) that may preclude you from participating in any field exercises. Stay hydrated and alert.
Be at the site by 8:30 AM for registration. Class will begin promptly at 9:00AM.
The class size is limited to 50 per day. You are strongly encouraged to pre-register for this event for lunch planning purposes. We can accommodate a small number of walk-ins at this training.
Sponsors
- GrayMar Environmental Services, Inc.
- Nutrien
- Union Pacific Railroad
- TRANSCAER
- Indian Springs Manufacturing
