06/26/2026
Over the past two days, 24th and 25th, A and B platoons were able to join other DC Metro Fire Departments along with Washington Gas employees for some training provided by Norfolk Southern Railroad via their safety train. These 8 hours of training covered numerous railroad 101 and responding to railroad emergency related topics. A few of the topics covered were, Site assessments and safety, response objectives and tactics, offensive tactics, tank car capping kits and equipment fires.
The day concluded by performing different offensive skills on mock leaks (water and fog machine) to mitigate the hazards on real sized training railcars. Performing these skills on real sized training tank cars helps our members get an idea of what may have to be done in a real incident. Thank you Norfolk Southern for providing this type of training to first responders and industry personal that service your operating areas.
