BRAMPTON, ON, Sept. 14, 2016 /CNW/ - Emergency Response
Assistance Canada (ERAC), in conjunction with CN, will conduct a
rail emergency training exercise on Sept 15,
2016. ERAC Response Teams, Technical Advisors and Remedial
Measures Advisors from across Ontario, will take part in this full-scale
hands-on exercise involving three simultaneous live-transfers of
flammable product (LPG and light synthetic crude) from rail
cars.
Media are invited to join Spencer
Buckland, ERAC President, along with representatives from CN
including Danny Simpson, AVP of
Safety and Emergency Response, and David Slauson, CN Sr. Dangerous
Goods Officer, for a media briefing on-site at the training
exercise.
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WHAT
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Rail emergency
exercise demonstrating the controlled transfer of flammable product
from compromised rail cars.
*Proper personal
protective equipment (PPE) is required (safety vest, hard hat,
safety glasses, gloves and steel toe footwear).
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WHEN
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Sept. 15,
2016
Media check-in 9:15
a.m.
*Media safety
briefing at 9:30 a.m. (mandatory)
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WHERE
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CN Malport Yard, 7675
Torbram Road, Brampton (Mississauga), ON L6T 0B6
*CN Malport Yard
Map
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WHO
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Spencer Buckland,
ERAC President
Danny Simpson, CN,
AVP Safety and Emergency Response
David Slauson, CN,
Sr. Dangerous Goods Officer
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Additional information for media:
Parking is
available at the north west corner of the yard (map attached). All
media must check in at the registration booth. PPE is required for
all observers of the exercise. Smoking is not permitted in the CN
rail yard.
About Emergency Response Assistance Canada
(ERAC):
Emergency Response Assistance Canada (ERAC) is a
not-for-profit emergency preparedness and response organization.
Experts in designing emergency response assistance plans (ERAPs),
ERAC is instrumental in assisting hundreds of oil and gas and
transportation organizations. From coast to coast ERAC provides
highly trained and skilled responders, equipment and industry best
practices for road or rail incidents involving flammable gases and
liquids. ERAC is a subsidiary of the Canadian Propane Association
(CPA).
About CN:
CN is a true backbone of the economy,
transporting more than C$250 billion
worth of goods annually for a wide range of business sectors,
ranging from resource products to manufactured products to consumer
goods, across a rail network of approximately 20,000 route-miles
spanning Canada and mid-America.
CN – Canadian National Railway Company, along with its operating
railway subsidiaries – serves the cities and ports of Vancouver, Prince
Rupert, B.C., Montreal,
Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the metropolitan areas of
Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Chicago, Memphis, Detroit, Duluth,
Minn./Superior, Wis., and
Jackson, Miss., with connections
to all points in North America.
For more information about CN, visit the Company's website at
www.cn.ca.
SOURCE CN