TRANSCAER TRAINING TOUR - CONRAIL RAIL - OAK ISLAND YARD - NEWARK - NEW JERSEY 10-15-2015
CONRAIL OAK ISLAND RAIL YARD (NEWARK) NEW JERSEY: On Thursday October 15th the Dow Chemical and TRANSCAER® conducted their 2015 North East Training Tour at the Conrail Oak Island Rail Yard in Newark. The day long training event class was instructed by instructors from TRANSCAER. The intense technical training is recognized by CHEMTREC and other national hazardous materials training organizations.
The 2015 training event is sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company who has teamed with Axeon, Benjamin Moore, Crestwood, CSX and Conrail Railroads, DANA Transport, Kuehne Company, Quality Distribution Inc., and Sunoco Logistics. The “one of the kind” rail industry training prop train cars was also present. The train cars consist of tanker cars and box cars containing mobile class room.
Bakken Crude Oil Rail “Emergencies and Response” was the featured training topic presented to the students. Rail Car Anatomy and Tank Truck Emergencies Demonstrations were the first two classes of the seminar. Responders learned about “Capping Kits” and participated in leak mitigation using the training props. Fire fighters learned about Toxic Inhalation Materials that required a special response and mitigation actions.
The one day training event started at 8AM and concluded at 3PM in the afternoon. Coffee and donuts were available during the registration and briefing in the morning. A full catered lunch was presented to the students in the large tent at noon. Fire fighters from many New Jersey organizations were invited to attend and trained together. Newark and Elizabeth Fire Departments sent a large number of fire fighters to the training. In the conclusion of the course the student had to take a survey to receive their attendance certificate.
Read MoreThe 2015 training event is sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company who has teamed with Axeon, Benjamin Moore, Crestwood, CSX and Conrail Railroads, DANA Transport, Kuehne Company, Quality Distribution Inc., and Sunoco Logistics. The “one of the kind” rail industry training prop train cars was also present. The train cars consist of tanker cars and box cars containing mobile class room.
Bakken Crude Oil Rail “Emergencies and Response” was the featured training topic presented to the students. Rail Car Anatomy and Tank Truck Emergencies Demonstrations were the first two classes of the seminar. Responders learned about “Capping Kits” and participated in leak mitigation using the training props. Fire fighters learned about Toxic Inhalation Materials that required a special response and mitigation actions.
The one day training event started at 8AM and concluded at 3PM in the afternoon. Coffee and donuts were available during the registration and briefing in the morning. A full catered lunch was presented to the students in the large tent at noon. Fire fighters from many New Jersey organizations were invited to attend and trained together. Newark and Elizabeth Fire Departments sent a large number of fire fighters to the training. In the conclusion of the course the student had to take a survey to receive their attendance certificate.
