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Hazmat Training: Online Options
Build your confidence and knowledge with BNSF hazmat online training materials, produced to help you safely and effectively respond to railway hazmat incidents.
BNSF Hazmat Online Training
Crude Oil By Rail – First Responders Safety Training
API, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and the member companies of both organizations have worked to create a safety awareness course for first responders. This course is designed for first responders and emergency management personnel who are interested in learning more about, preparing for and responding to flammable liquid fires.
Ethanol Emergency Response Considerations
The U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) in partnership with the International Association of Fire Chiefs presents this video to help emergency responders better understand the challenges they may face when responding to an ethanol-related incident.
Passenger Train Emergency Response Training
For BNSF and Amtrak, nothing is more important than the safety of our passengers and employees. This 30-minute training video shows how to respond safely and effectively to emergency situations involving passenger trains.
To access one of the online training courses, please register.
Railroad Emergency Response and Hazardous Materials Awareness
This 90 minute webinar is designed to help First Responders better understand hazardous materials regulations that apply to the railroad industry, as well as, an overview of BNSF Hazmat and emergency response considerations for railroad hazmat emergencies. This is an awareness course that is designed for First Responders trained to the Awareness, Operations or Technician level.
BNSF Hazmat Pre-recorded Webinars
Railcar Knowledge for First Responders
This 60 minute webinar is designed to help First Responders better understand Railcars and some response considerations regarding these cars. We will cover car construction, types, safety appliances and terminology. Much of this discussion will focus on tank cars as being the primary means for Hazardous Materials transport by rail. This is an awareness course that is designed for First Responders trained to the Awareness, Operations or Technician level.
Locomotive Awareness and Response
This 60 minute webinar is designed to help First Responders better understand how to respond to a locomotive emergency. During this webinar, we will cover locomotive components, how to mitigate a locomotive fire and the hazards/restraints you may encounter while responding to a locomotive emergency. This is an awareness course that is designed for First Responders trained to the Awareness, Operations or Technician level.
Certificates, Coins and Caps
Once you complete a training module, you can generate a course certificate that you can print for yourself and any responders who participated in the training.
In addition to the course certificate, as our thanks to you for completing a BNSF training course or courses, we’d like to send you a BNSF challenge coin or cap. Click below to order one of these appreciation tokens (limit one item per person).
