Emergency Preparedness Railway Incidents PresentationCity of Dubuque
City Council Meeting
Action Items # 02.
Copyrighted
March 20, 2023
ITEM TITLE: Emergency Preparedness Railway Incidents Presentation
SUMMARY: (Engineering)
(PowerPoint is only attachment)
Thomas Berger, Emergency Management Coordinator will make a
presentation on the Emergency Preparedness Railway Incidents
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ATTACHMENTS:
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PowerPoint Presentation Supporting Documentation
Emergency Preparedness
Railway Incidents
Dubuque City Council
Monday, March 20, 2023
Thomas I. Berger, Emergency Management Coordinator
Emergency Planning Organizations
•Dubuque County Local Emergency Planning Committee
•Hazardous Materials Operations Training
•Dubuque Community Awareness and Emergency Response
•Coordinated with Railroads,Fixed Facility Operators, Emergency Response
Districts
•Dubuque Fire and Police Departments and Mutual Aid Departments
•Dubuque Fire Department Hazardous Materials Team
•Dubuque County Firefighters Association
Emergency Plans
•Commodity Flow Studies
•Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
•Evacuation Plans
•Hazardous Materials Operations Plans
•Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (Vulnerability Assessment Plans)
•Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
Emergency Training and Preparedness
•Railroad 101 Safety Training Classes
•Communication with railroads
•Response to railroad emergencies
•Working components of the railroad
•Locomotive safety
•Derailment scene size up and management
•Hazardous Materials Operations Class
•Hazardous Materials Technician Class
Emergency Training and Preparedness
•ALERT IOWA –Emergency Notification System
•Sign up voluntary
•Visiting the alert.iowa.gov website
•Texting “DubuqueIA” to 67283
•Downloading the Smart911 app from the Apple or Google Play stores
Emergency Response Resources
•Hazardous Materials Team Resources
•CAMEO, Marplot, Other
•Emergency Response Guidebooks
•High Hazard Freight Train (HHFT) reports from Iowa State Emergency
Response Commission
•Hazardous Materials Density Study –Available from Railroads
•Tier 2 Reports for fixed facilities
•GIS and Consult from National Weather Services
•Ask Rail Application
READINESS THROUGH
PARTNERSHIP
WHY COMMUNITY
AWARENESS AND EMERGENCY
RESPONSE?
•ESTABLISHED FIRST RESPONSE NETWORK OF
RESOURCES
•PROMOTES LOCAL PARTICIPATION
•HELPS IDENTIFY & RECOGNIZE RISKS
•PROVIDES TRAINING
•PROTECTS HIGH VALUE RESOURCE AREAS
•PROVIDES ACCESS TO SHARED RESPONSE
RESOURCES
•CONTINUALLY EXERCISING OF OUR PLANS AND
CAPABILITIES
PRIOR CAER GROUP RESPONSE
•Assisted in two rail incidents.
•Pipeline terminal release to Catfish Creek
•Storm sewer release due to a vehicle vs. garbage truck.
TABLETOP
EXERCISES
(TTX)
•Emergency Operations Center
interoperability TTX.
•Clayton, Dubuque, Jackson,
Clinton, Scott, Rock Island, Jo
Daviess Counties, USEPA, US Army
Corps of Engineers, CP, BNSF and
CN Railroads. Performed utilizing
Microsoft Teams.
•Microsoft Teams presentation of the
Inland Sensitivity Atlas, Upper
Mississippi River Basin Association.
•Road based response exercise to an
anhydrous ammonia release.
RAILCARE FAMILIARIZATION AND BNSF TRAILER
WORKSHOP. JANUARY 2016