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Region 10 RRT – Northwest Area Committee Meeting

Northwest and System Emergency Resources and Planning

Justin Piper, CHMMManager, Hazardous Materials Field Operations & Emergency ResponseBNSF Railway

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Emergency Preparedness and Planning

BNSF System Plan:

1.System Emergency Response Plan• LERP’s (Local Emergency Response Plans)1. Facility Emergency Response Plans (Fixed Facilities)

2. Umatilla Weapons Depot

3. Geographical Response Plans

• Identifies how the BNSF responds to incidents1. Roles and Responsibilities

2. Notification Procedures

3. Health and Safety

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Emergency PlanningCommunity Hazardous Materials Flow Study Support:

Bingen, WA – last consecutive 4 quarters: Top 10 commodities = 88% of total

Security Sensitive Information – Distributed on a “need to know basis”

RESIDUE LOADED RESIDUE LOADED TOTALSTCC STCC CLASS CAR CAR INTER- INTER- LOADEDNUMBER DESCRIPTION CODE COUNT COUNT MODAL MODAL COUNT------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------

4909152 ALCOHOLS, N.O.S. 3 10071 10527 0 0 105274961605 ELEVATED TEMPERATURE LIQUID, N.O.S. 9 2422 2238 0 0 22384905752 LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS 2.1 2652 2061 0 0 20614910165 PETROLEUM CRUDE OIL 3 1296 1621 0 0 16214966326 ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, SOLID, N.O.S. 9 1332 1391 0 0 13914907265 STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED 3 424 1003 0 0 10034905421 LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS 2.1 867 814 0 0 8144930040 SULFURIC ACID 8 575 672 47 0 6724930228 HYDROCHLORIC ACID 8 534 578 0 0 5784905424 BUTANE 2.1 122 527 0 0 5274935240 SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTION 8 474 520 0 0 5204950130 FAK-HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ML 0 0 22 16415 16415

Geographical Response Plan Support/Development

Public Plans Northwest Coastal Mississippi River + more

Rail Specific Kootenai River (MT) Colorado River (CO) Wind River (WY) Middlefork Flathead – In

development (MT)

Company Control Point Development (e.g Wenatchee/Columbia River)

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Existing Plan Integration

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Training and Response - Community

Training topics include:• Train list / shipping papers• Placards• Equipment• Incident Assessment• Hands-on equipment in field –

Instructor lead

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Community focus is on training responders and providing interpretative information. Training is available via instructor lead or computer based training.

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BNSF HAZMAT Responder Locations

Klamath Falls

WhitefishSeattle

Stockton

BakersfieldMojave

San Bernardino

Los AngelesNeedles

BelenTexico

Amarillo

Texline

La Junta

Denver

Alliance

Gillette

Bridger Jct

Billings

Minot

Mandan

HettingerMinneapolis/St. Paul

La Crosse

Sioux City

Lincoln

Ravenna

McCook

Salt Lake City

Fargo Superior

Superior

Kansas City

Galesburg

Chicago

MachensSt. Louis

Springfield

Memphis

Birmingham

NorrisTulsa

OklahomaCity

Haslet

Ft. WorthSweetwater

Temple

Teague

Houston

Spring New Orleans

Phoenix

El Paso

February 2012

Portland

Vancouver

ArkansasCityAvard

212 Responders at60 Locations

Response: Oil Spills (Northwest)

BNSF Owned

• Moody, OR Equipment (on Flatcars) w/ containment equipment

• Maupin, OR Trailer w/ containment equipment

• Troy, MT Container (on Flatcar) w/ containment equipment

Contracted OSRO’s

• Seattle, Everett, Anacortes, Longview, Portland, Pasco, Spokane, Eugene, Libby, Whitefish, Missoula

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Response: Fire Support

1. Allows the integration of private resources to help free up public resources to focus on the public’s protection (supplementing local resources NOT replacing).

2. BNSF will fly in Contracted Industrial Firefighters on private aircraft (6 hours).

3. Fire Trailer Program1. 550 Gallons of AR-AFFF foam (alcohol resistant)

2. Storage capacity (2x10K gal bladders)

3. Pumps/equipment / nozzles

4. Can be placed in areas not typically accessible by fire engines.

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Specialized EquipmentFire Trailer Program

• Specialized Response Solutions (SRS) designed and built the trailers based on the BNSF’s requirements.

• Designed to address the surge in Ethanol and Crude Oil shipments.

• Provide equipment, supplies and expertise in response to polar solvent and fire incidents

16 trailers throughout system

BNSF Hazmat Fire Fighting Foam Trailers

BNSF Hazmat Fire Fighting Foam Trailers

12 on the BNSF rail system

Klamath Falls

WhitefishSeattle

Stockton

Los AngelesBarstow

Belen Amarillo

Denver

Alliance

Gillette

Billings

Minot

Minneapolis/St. Paul

Sioux City

LincolnSalt Lake City

Fargo Superior

Kansas City

Galesburg

Chicago

St. Louis

Springfield

Memphis

Birmingham

TulsaOklahoma

City

Ft. Worth

Temple

Teague

Houston

New Orleans

Phoenix

El Paso

Portland

Vancouver

= Fire TrailerType I (Large)Type II (Small)Contractor Trailer

Richmond

Pasco

SpokaneHavre

Newton

Flagstaff

Response:Emergency Breathing Air Trailers

Klamath Falls

WhitefishSeattle

Stockton

Los AngelesBarstow

Belen Amarillo

Denver

Alliance

Gillette

Billings

Minot

Minneapolis/St. Paul

Sioux City

LincolnSalt Lake City

Fargo Superior

Kansas City

Galesburg

Chicago

St. Louis

Springfield

Memphis

Birmingham

TulsaOklahoma

City

Ft. Worth

Temple

Teague

Houston

New Orleans

Phoenix

El Paso

Portland

Vancouver

2012

= Air Trailer

Richmond

Pasco

SpokaneHavre

Newton

FlagstaffRialto

What is in the trailer?

• 10 SCBAs with spare cylinders (CA,IL,WA,CO) TX=20/20

• 10 15min escape pack “set-ups” for use with large cylinders or SCBA cylinders for wrecking equipment

• 10 whips for escape packs (50ft)

• 40 Scott AV3000 full-face respirators

• Bauer portable breathing air compressor

• Spare parts

• PPE

Inside of the trailer

SCBAs

PPE

Bauer Compressor

BNSF Tactical Toxicology (Tac Tox) Program

1. Utilized to provide rapid data acquisition and real time air monitoring results for incidents throughout our system.

2. CTEH

• 24 hour access to PhD Toxicologists and Dispersion Modelers

• Utilize Safer® Air Dispersion Model offering topographical model input

3. Contents:

• PID, 4 gas monitor, Kestrel weather meter, Solar Irradiance meter, Detector Tubes/pump, GPS, Calibration gasses and equipment.

Klamath Falls

WhitefishSeattle

Stockton

BakersfieldMojave

San Bernardino

Los AngelesNeedles

BelenTexico

Amarillo

Texline

La Junta

Denver

Alliance

Gillette

Bridger Jct

Billings

Minot

Mandan

HettingerMinneapolis/St. Paul

La Crosse

Sioux City

Lincoln

Ravenna

McCook

Salt Lake City

Fargo Superior

Superior

Kansas City

Galesburg

Chicago

MachensSt. Louis

Springfield

Memphis

Birmingham

NorrisTulsa

OklahomaCity

Haslet

Ft. WorthSweetwater

Temple

Teague

Houston

Spring New Orleans

Phoenix

El Paso

Portland

Vancouver

ArkansasCityAvard

CTEHTac ToxCRA Tier IINet

Air Monitoring Assets

June 8, 2012

Klamath Falls

WhitefishSeattle

Stockton

BakersfieldMojave

San Bernardino

Los AngelesNeedles

BelenTexico

Amarillo

Texline

La Junta

Denver

Alliance

Gillette

Bridger Jct

Billings

Minot

Mandan

HettingerMinneapolis/St. Paul

La Crosse

Sioux City

Lincoln

Ravenna

McCook

Salt Lake City

Fargo Superior

Superior

Kansas City

Galesburg

Chicago

MachensSt. Louis

Springfield

Memphis

Birmingham

NorrisTulsa

OklahomaCity

Haslet

Ft. WorthSweetwater

Temple

Teague

Houston

Spring New Orleans

Phoenix

El Paso

Portland

Vancouver

ArkansasCityAvard

Contractor Mag Patches

BNSF Mag Patches

NRC

Klamath Falls

WhitefishSeattle

Stockton

Los AngelesBarstow

Belen Amarillo

Denver

Alliance

Gillette

Billings

Minot

Minneapolis/St. Paul

Sioux City

LincolnSalt Lake City

Fargo Superior

Kansas City

Galesburg

Chicago

St. Louis

Springfield

Memphis

Birmingham

TulsaOklahoma

City

Ft. Worth

Temple

Teague

Houston

New Orleans

Phoenix

El Paso

Portland

Vancouver

= Chlorine Kits

= Midland Kits

February 2012

= Fire TrailerType I (Large)Type II (Small)

= ER Air Trailer

Richmond

Pasco

SpokaneHavre

Newton

Flagstaff

Rialto

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2012Capital

2012Capital

2012Capital

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