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Transportation Rail Incident Preparedness and Response (TRIPR) Workshop

2890 Horn Rapids Road, Richland, WA 99354
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  1. to PDT

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Overview

The Transportation Rail Incident Preparedness and Response (TRIPR) training provides critical information on best practices related to an all-hazards approach to HazMat rail incident response. A key component of this training is to learn from past experiences and to leverage the expertise of public safety agencies, rail carriers, and industry experts to prepare first responders to safely manage rail incidents involving HazMat.

Training Includes:

  • Classroom instruction (morning)
  • Interactive tabletop exercise (afternoon)
  • Certificates upon successful completion will be emailed following the event

Attendee Level

  • Hazmat technician/specialist
  • First responders
  • LEPCs
  • Health departments
  • Emergency planners

Event Focus

  • All Hazards Overview
  • Emergency preparedness and response
  • Safety
  • Incident management, resources, and logistics
  • Emergency response
  • Air monitoring
  • Post-emergency cleanup

Description

Workshop Agenda: 

  • Introduction
  • Problem Identification 
  • Unified Command & Incident Management
  • Hazard Assessment & Response Objectives
  • Incident Case Study
  • Pre-Incident Planning
    • State Response Capabilities
  • Logistics & Resource Management
  • Post emergency response operations and cleanup
  • Tabletop Exercise - scenario/discussion
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Important Details

Class size is limited.

Sponsors

  • Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
  • Washington State Patrol

Event Contacts

Nancy Ness
HAMMER Federal Training Center

2890 Horn Rapids Road
Richland WA 99354

Phone  509-376-3250
Mobile  509-551-4915
Nancy_J_Ness@rl.gov
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