Chapters
1. Scope, Purpose and Objectives
2. U.S. Rail Operations
3. Response Safety Around Railroad Operations
4. Rail Incident Response—Initial Detection Clues
5. Railroad Equipment, Tank Cars and Freight Cars
6. Tank Car Damage Assessment
7. Product Handling Operations
8. Large Scale Incident Management
(2007) Red Hat Publishing, 226 pp.
ISBN 1-932235-11-6
1. Scope, Purpose and Objectives
2. U.S. Rail Operations
3. Response Safety Around Railroad Operations
4. Rail Incident Response—Initial Detection Clues
5. Railroad Equipment, Tank Cars and Freight Cars
6. Tank Car Damage Assessment
7. Product Handling Operations
8. Large Scale Incident Management
(2007) Red Hat Publishing, 226 pp.
ISBN 1-932235-11-6
The first training manual on the entire scope of
railroad emergencies addressing hazards, safe
operating procedures, and resources responders can
apply to incidents involving rail operations. Text
reviews tank cars, top products transported by
railroads, information on locomotives, basics of
rail operations and pre-emergency planning for
working with rail carriers. The book is packaged
with a companion CD containing an electronic book
and hotlinks to case studies and important Web
sites.
Click to activate virtual sample pages.
