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Rail Runner Emergency Training Scheduled Rail Runner Express to host Mock Emergency Drill for local responder training (11-01-06) - How would local emergency responders react to a serious incident involving the New Rail Runner Express commuter train? This Friday, they will get a firsthand chance to find out. A mock emergency responders drill has been set up to allow local firefighters and medical responders along the Rail Runner corridor an opportunity to familiarize themselves with how to handle potential railway disasters.
“This is important training”, says Rail Runner Operations Manager Robert Gonzales. “This training teaches responders everything from how to shut down the train’s engine to evacuating passengers through windows. It’s very useful when you consider the number of people who now use the Rail Runner to commute to work each day.” About 100 local responders from various agencies are attending the training, which culminates with Friday’s mock emergency drill. The responders have already spent one full day gaining classroom instruction leading up to the hands-on drill. There will also be about 160-train “volunteer victims” involved in the simulated event. Rail Runner Mock Emergency Drill (Once drill starts, the surrounding roadways will be closed as if it was a real live event, making it difficult for anyone to get too close to the scene. However, there will be a special area designated for members of the media who wish to get photographs/video and/or interviews.) The whole railway emergency seminar is being sponsored by the New Mexico Rail Runner Express and the City of Albuquerque’s Environmental Health Department Metropolitan Medical Response System. CONTACT: Augusta Meyers, MRCOG Communications Mgr. 505-239-8612, ameyers@mrcog-nm.gov |
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