This is a password protected BNSF Website. It is solely intended for Community First Responders, our Hazmat Contractors and members of the BNSF Hazmat Team. If you are looking for general information about BNSF and how we handle hazardous materials, please visit the BNSF Rail Safety Website.
Through sustained focus on safety improvement, an average of 99.97 percent of hazmat trips arrive without incident.
No matter where our hazmat team is working, or who is in charge, we follow rigorous standard procedures to ensure safe operations across our network.
We are continuously strengthening our hazmat safety program through forward planning and risk mitigation in order to reduce the potential for a hazmat incident.
BNSF is committed to thoroughly train Community Responders, Hazmat Contractors and the BNSF Hazmat Team — in the classroom and online.
In the event of a hazmat incident, our team stands ready to respond. We are well trained, well equipped and have planned ahead.
Celebrating our heritage and building on our success is one of BNSF’s shared values. We are proud of our 165-year history.
Operation Lifesaver and Railroad Crossing Locator tools are excellent resources
on railway and rail crossing safety.
If you are a local emergency responder, elected- or emergency-management official and need BNSF hazmat commodity flow reports for your emergency response planning, click below to request information about shipments in your community. These are available on a confidential basis and for security reasons are not offered to the general public.
Community Responders who arrive first to the scene of a rail emergency and need critical information about the contents of a railcar can rely on the AskRail mobile application.
This mobile app provides immediate access to accurate, real-time data about each railcar on a train. This information can help emergency responders make informed decisions about how to respond to a rail emergency.
BNSF Railway devotes extensive resources to safely move and deliver products essential to our everyday lives, including hazardous materials. Our commitment is to transport freight safely and meet or exceed the expectations of our customers, partners, employees and the communities where we operate.
March 26, 2018
12:00 pm
BNSF Railway received the 2017 National TRANSCAER® Achievement Award. This award is given in recognition of extraordinary achievement in support of the TRANSCAER® initiative that extends beyond the geographic boundaries of any one region. Congratulations BNSF Hazmat Team for your efforts and dedication ensuring first responders and communities are better prepared for a possible hazardous materials transportation incident.
October 20, 2017
12:00 pm
During the week of October 16-18, 2017, BNSF held a 24 Hour Emergency Response with Derailment Scenario training course for municipal first responders and our BNSF emergency response contractors. This course focused on familiarization and responding to railroad hazmat emergencies, allowing participants to gain knowledge and experience working with the railroad, our emergency response contractors and municipal first responders on scene of a railroad emergency.
August 31, 2017
9:47 pm
BNSF began developing and testing a PTC system before the first Congressional mandate made in 2008. BNSF was the first and only freight railroad to operate PTC starting in 2012 and continues to be the leader in Class I railroad operations with PTC on freight lines. The industry-wide change is arguably one of the most significant changes for railroads – bigger even than the conversion from steam to diesel-powered locomotives.