TRANSCAER^® Training Tours - Tour History and Overview

Through TRANSCAER^®, Dow, Union Pacific and other chemical shippers and carriers have provided free emergency preparedness training to over 1500 local and regional emergency response organizations, as well as educating communities near major rail routes about rail equipment, chemical transportation, and the importance of planning for potential hazardous material transportation emergencies.

Participants included individuals from fire service, law enforcement, emergency medical, emergency management services and private industry. This free “hands-on” training was part of Dow Chemical and Union Pacific Railroad’s 2007/2008 TRANSCAER Training Tour.

The module-based training curriculum was designed to meet the needs of the wide variety of stakeholder groups attending. The six modules included: General Awareness for Non-Responders, Locomotives and Tank Cars, Toxic Inhalation Hazard (TIH) Materials & Flammable Gasses, Capping Kits, Leaks Approach, Investigation and Mitigation, and Tank Truck Module.

TRANSCAER is an integral part of Dow’s long-standing commitment to local protection of human health and the environment, one of the foundational tenets of Dow’s 2015 Sustainability Goals, announced in 2006.

These tours included safety-training cars from the Firefighters Education and Training Foundation http://www.thesafetytrain.org/, as well as equipment, provided by Union Pacific.

Union Pacific and Dow TRANSCAER Initiative (PDF)