Hazardous Materials Training
The Evansville Fire Department’s Haz-Mat Team will be involved with a unique piece of Haz-Mat training equipment over the next 2 days starting at 8AM at Wansford Yard (N. Harlan Ave, across from jail). The Haz-Mat team will be doing hands-on training on a railroad tanker car called the CAER Car. CAER stands for Community Awareness and Emergency Response and this specialized piece of equipment can mimic all types of “leaks†and emergency response situations. Today and tomorrow morning is more of a “show & tell†and re-familiarization of a tanker car’s equipment. Tomorrow afternoon will be actual hands-on training and will include actual leaks (of water, not chemicals) that the Haz-Mat team will control using specialized equipment and training.
There will be a lunch break both days from about noon to 1 PM.
All media are welcome to come and shoot video of the exercise. Interviews will be done as time permits.
