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BNSF details hazardous‑materials training, detection tools and response resources for Missoula responders
Summary
Peter Killman of BNSF told the Missoula County LEPC that the railroad runs about 1,600 trains a day, moves roughly 1.2 million hazmat shipments a year, and offers invitation‑only apps, online training and equipment caches to support local responders.
Peter Killman, BNSF hazardous materials and emergency response manager for Montana and Wyoming, told the Missoula County Local Emergency Planning Committee that BNSF operates roughly 1,600 trains a day and moves about 1,200,000 hazardous‑materials shipments annually and that the railroad maintains detection, training and response resources available to local responders.
Killman described tools meant to reduce incident risk and speed response, including positive train control (PTC) on locomotives, wayside and rolling‑stock detectors…
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