CPKC takes the safety of our employees, shipments and communities we travel through seriously.  To support the highest level of safety processes when it comes to Hazardous Material, CPKC offers many types of training to provide options for first responders protecting the communities we run through.  

Option 1: Take CPKC Hazmat Awareness Free Online Training

The objective of this training is to understand:

  • Why safety is the most important part of operating a railroad
  • How to locate CPKC transportation services in North America
  • How to request track protection
  • How to locate CPKC emergency response officers and
  • How to identify rail line owners and their contact information
  • How to accurately identify locomotives, rolling stock and placards
  • How trains are secured

 

Register for our online course

Option 2: Attend a Virtual Classroom

Our virtual classroom allows CPKC Hazardous Materials & Emergency Response Officers coach first responders how to safely respond to train derailments with hazardous goods from the safety of indoors.

 

Training and exercises help to facilitate safe and efficient operations during an emergency response. CPKC has developed four application/web based locations, with five different situations in each location, for first responders to virtually practice a rail related response.

 

Training manuals have been developed for each location and situation, which provide specific information associated with each scenario. Items included in the manuals provide real world examples of what first responders would be provided by CPKC when responding to active derailments. Within the training manuals there are mock train consists, product waybills, air-monitoring plans and other support documents relevant to the scenario.

 

All of the scenarios have been optimized for most platforms, including PC, MacOS, iOS and android. Use the following QR codes to download from your device.

 

Web based training

Desktop based training it available at the following link. This website contains scenario-based training, and online basic awareness training

Access CPKC Virtual Website

 

Ensure to watch our Virtual Training Overview video part 1 to find the tools and documents needed to complete the scenarios, and learn the basic function of the system.

Option 3: Security and Emergency Response Training Center (SERTC)

CPKC sponsors classes every year for CPKC employees, contractors and first responders at the Security and Emergency Response Training Center (SERTC) in Pueblo, Colorado. This state-of-the-art facility offers world-class training, and teaches students how to effectively respond to incidents including:

  • Specialized hazmat response
  • Incident command
  • Crude-by-rail emergency response

 

Watch video here

 

If you're a first responder interested in attending a training course, please contact our Community Connect Center.

Option 4: CPKC on Location

Training exercises help to facilitate safe and efficient operations during a response. In addition to our virtual classroom, CPKC has developed life like training equipment to bring to agencies requesting training. Agencies that would like training may contact Community Connect to be connected with a local Hazardous Materials and Emergency Response Officers.

Our Training Equipment

CPKC’s Training Railcar – CP911

CPKC's training rail car, CP911, is a DOT111 general service car that has been converted into a training tank car for First Responders. It allows responders to see firsthand what they may encounter in the unlikely event of a derailment or Non-Accidental Release (NAR). CP Hazardous Materials & Emergency Response Officers use the CP911 to train responders on the construction, identifiable markings, valves, and general operations of a tank car. CP911 also complements other parallel training activities and exercises. In larger scale exercises, first responders are brought into rail yards and use the CP911 tank car to replicate Dangerous Goods incident response. CP911 is one more resource available to the communities through which we operate in our ongoing commitment to safety.

CPKC’s Training Trailers

Training Trailers are specially designed for the outdoor classroom. CPKC's Hazardous Materials & Emergency Response Officers bring these trailers to local fire departments to showcase the many different apparatuses they may encounter in the field. Training Trailers are equipped with a variety of different valves, housings and other general service and pressure tank car appliances that a first responder will encounter when dealing with various models of rail cars. This allows local departments to apply midland capping kits as well a "C" kits for real world training.

CPKC’s Locomotive Training Prop

CPKC built this one-of-a-kind specialized training prop to bring mobile locomotive rescue training to fire departments. In this training, CPKC's Hazardous Materials & Emergency Response Officers walk first responders through locomotive shutdown procedures, including electrical system and fuel shut-offs. First responders also learn how to safely rescue a crew from a locomotive cab if they are trapped.