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Training Calendar

Emergency Management/CERT Training Calendar

Norfolk Southern Transcaer Whistle-Stop Event

Where: Roanoke, VA, Norfolk Southern South Yard at Jefferson and Reserve Ave. (right across from the old mill and the new Carilion parking garage)

When: Friday, Sept. 19 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

On-site registration begins at 8:00 a.m. No prior registration required. Free lunch, great instructors and excellent hands-on training opportunity.

Download informational brochure. [263kb PDF]

Following is a partial list of classes that will be available:

• Tank Car Recognition – DuPont
• Intermodal Portable Tanks – DuPont
• Operation Respond Emergency Information System – (Operation Respond)
• Managing a Derailment – Clem Schimikowski (Hepaco)
• Locomotive Fires – John Lerner (NS)
• Radioactive Material ER Training - Tom Clawson – (USDOE)
• Introduction to Cargo Tank Trucks – Chris Wagner (HMHTTC)
• Chlorine tank car anatomy, maintenance, emergency response – (Olin)
• Operation Lifesaver – ER Grade Crossing Safety – NS
• Rail & Industrial Fire Fighting – Mike Gettinger (U. S. Environmental Services)
• Ethanol Transportation by Rail – Mike Gettinger (U. S. Environmental Services)
• Emergency Response to Tank Car Incidents (BASF)
• Selecting the Correct PPE – Shawn Burress (CTEH)
• Anhydrous Ammonia Properties – D.D. Lewis (PCS)
• Using the 2008 DOT Emergency Response Guidebook – Jack Whitley USDOT)
• Air Monitoring Issues at a Derailment – Shawn Burress (CTEH)
• Post-response recovery issues - Shawn Burress (CTEH)

Additional Exhibits:

• Ethanol Foam Trailer Demos – National Foam and SRS Emergency Response
• NS Locomotive: NS 4611
  Open for tours, 1000 - 1130 and 1300 - 1430 – Garland Henry (NS)
• Potash Corporation training tank car: AHCX 2004
  View valves and fittings with an instructor, 0930 - 1130 and 1300 – 1500 (PCS)
• BASF Training Tank Car: DBCX 2004
  View valves and fittings with an instructor, 0930 - 1130 and 1300 – 1500 (BASF)
• Olin Tent
  Chlorine A, B & C Kit installation demo – hands-on training, 0930 – 1130 and 1300 – 1500 (Olin)