API releases video for first responders to crude-by-rail accidents

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API releases video for first responders to crude-by-rail accidents
WASHINGTON, DC, Aug. 25
08/25/2016
By Nick Snow
OGJ Washington Edito

http://www.ogj.com/articles/2016/08/api-releases-video-for-first-responders-to-crude-by-rail-accidents.html

The American Petroleum Institute released a new video designed to help first responders to accidents involving crude oil shipments by rail.

“The video (http://www.api.org/oil-and-natural-gas/wells-to-consumer/transporting-oil-natural-gas/rail-transportation/crude-oil-by-rail-response-safety-course ) gives first responders a look at specific tank car markings and other visual depictions of what to consider when responding to an incident, should one occur,” API Midstream Group Director Robin Rorick said on Aug. 25. “It is the latest in our industry’s efforts to promote safety and to achieve our goal of zero incidents by preventing and working to mitigate the impact of train derailments.”

It complements an instructor-led course API and the American Association of Railroads released in 2015 that educates firefighters, cleanup crews, and other first responders on the characteristics of crude oil, the rail cars in which it is shipped, considerations and strategies for spill response and firefighting, and the importance of following training and the incident command system.

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