Course outlines best practices for local railroad safety
Members of law enforcement, firefighting and emergency management staff, including a large continent of volunteers from the Community Emergency Response Team for Hays and Travis counties and the cities of San Marcos and Buda, recently participated in specialized public disaster preparedness training, with a focus on freight and passenger railroad safety and investigation in Texas.
Union Pacific Railroad, headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, and Texas Operation Lifesaver on Tuesday, Aug. 8, hosted the one-day Railroad Investigation and Safety Course for a roomful of first responders. The course provided participants with a concentrated education on rail safety and enforcement, touching on aspects of railroad operations, motorist behavior and collision investigation techniques. These are vital to area investigators and law enforcement personnel in the event of a catastrophic accident or environmental crisis–raising the bar for public disaster preparedness in Central Texas.
