The Western Region Homeland Security Advisory Council and Amtrak Police Department are hosting Passenger Rail MCI Training.
Through a combination of classroom and hands-on field training, participants will gain skills to respond to a passenger rail mass casualty incident. Students will become familiar with safety and mechanical aspects of Amtrak passenger rail cars, learn Amtrak response protocols, practice locating victims and victim extraction. Tactical law enforcement teams will also learn car entry and search techniques related to a possible hostage or terrorist incident. Drill scenarios will be tailored to specific responder disciplines to foster a dynamic learning experience.
The training will be taught by Amtrak Emergency Management and Corporate Security.
Multiple, discipline-specific sessions will be held. Please see below for more information.
This training is open to Massachusetts first responders and State and Federal partners.
The training is free and food will be provided. Training location is Springfield Union Station, 55 Frank B Murray Street, Springfield, MA
6.75 Hours of OEMS Credits are available.
Law Enforcement Learning Objectives
- Provide participating agencies, first responders and other Amtrak stakeholders with situational awareness and a better understanding of how to protect Amtrak’s passengers, employees, and critical infrastructure from acts of terrorism;
- Decrease Amtrak’s risk from and vulnerability to a potential attack by enhancing situational awareness of critical assets, establishing interoperability, sharing resources, and allowing for networking opportunities with like agencies; and
- Aid anti-terrorism efforts designed to protect the rail system and maximize resource planning and allocation, as well as establish and maintain critical relationships with partner agencies
- Perpetrator engagement and control
- Familiarize you with railroad operations
- Preparing/pre-planning for potential train incidents involving active shooter and barricaded subject
- Understand the factors that could affect your safe response to an incident
- Recognize on-scene dangers for emergency personnel and your equipment while on or near railroad property.
- Understand the command, control & communication issues
- How to stop a train in an emergency situation
- Identify different types of railroad equipment
Sessions for Law Enforcement will be held on Monday, May 7 through Friday, May 11, 2018, with two days dedicated specifically to tactical/special response team.
- To register for regular Law Enforcement session, click here.
Fire / EMS Learning Objectives
- Familiarize you with railroad operations
- Preparing/pre-planning for potential train incidents.
- Understand the factors that could affect your safe response to an incident
- Recognize on-scene dangers for emergency personnel and your equipment while on or near railroad property.
- Victim extraction and mitigation
- Understand the command, control & communications issues
- How to stop a train in an emergency situation.
- Identify different types of railroad equipment.
Sessions for Fire and EMS will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, May 16 & 17, 2018. Two sessions each day. To register for Fire/EMS session please click here.
Actors
Persons to act as rail accident victims are needed each session. Actors must be 18 years or older. To register as an actor, please click here.
Observers
Other first responder disciplines are invited to observe the hands-on field portion of the training sessions. Limited space is available in each session. To register as an observer, please click here.
Any questions can be addressed to Raine Brown, Homeland Security Program Manager, raine@frcog.org, 413.774.3167 x138
