Cranbrook Fire and Emergency Services will be hosting other regional emergency response teams and organizations including Cranbrook Search and Rescue and Cranbrook RCMP for rail line and rail car incident training next month.

The presenter of the classroom-based sessions is Dustin Ritter, Hazmat and Emergency Response Officer for CPR, who is also responsible for any incidents in the East Kootenay. Planned for December, the training comes on the heels of a number of significant train derailments across Canada over the past two years.

“This training is very timely and we appreciate that CP Rail is providing the training and the opportunity to cross train with other agencies that have a role in railcar incidents,” says Wayne Price, Director of Cranbrook Fire & Emergency Services.

Training will include a number of items including: how to secure equipment, shutdown of a locomotive, car and locomotive anatomy, size up of a derailment scene, what important information to gather and report and a case study.

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