TORONTO, Sept. 15, 2016 /CNW/ - Emergency Response
Assistance Canada (ERAC), in conjunction with CN, today conducted a
rail emergency exercise as part of ongoing ERAC responder training
in the event of an incident involving a rail car carrying flammable
liquids or gas.
ERAC Response Teams, Technical Advisors and Remedial Measures
Advisors from across Ontario,
participated in this full-scale hands-on exercise involving three
simultaneous live-transfers of flammable product (LPG and light
synthetic crude) from rail cars.
"Despite being extremely rare, rail incidents involving
flammable liquids and gases can happen at any time and any place.
If they do, Emergency Response Assistance Canada is capable of
responding with highly-trained and experienced responders," said
Spencer Buckland, ERAC President.
"Activities like today's controlled transfer exercises provide our
responders with critical experience to ensure they are ready to act
when an incident occurs."
"CN is pleased to partner with ERAC, as we believe working with
our first responders, contractors and communities enhances rail
safety," said Danny Simpson,
assistant vice president of safety and emergency response at CN.
"We continuously work to improve CN's emergency preparedness
through ongoing training with specialized emergency response
contractors, shippers' emergency response teams, industry
specialists and community partners. Today's ERAC program is part of
our commitment to effective emergency response."
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