CHP and Propane Industry Team Up for Emergency Response Training.News Editors/Transportation Writers SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2000 The California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. (CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan ) and the Western Propane Gas Association (WPGA WPGA Women's Professional Golf Association WPGA West Point Grey Academy (Vancouver, BC, Canada) WPGA Western Propane Gas Association ) are beginning the second phase of a program to train emergency response personnel in the handling of overturned tanker-trailers on the highway. "An overturned tanker-trailer filled with liquid propane has the potential for death and injury to motorists and emergency responders," said CHP Commissioner D. O. "Spike" Helmick. "Proper handling saves lives and protects the environment from a harmful spill." Over 600 law enforcement officers, firefighters, heavy-duty tow operators, hazardous material specialists and other regulatory personnel throughout California will be trained during 2000 and 2001, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. WPGA Executive Director Mary Reynolds Mary Reynolds (10 October, 1889 – 29 August, 1974) was an Irish Cumann na nGaedhael and Fine Gael politician. She was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedhael TD in the 1932 general election for the Leitrim-Sligo constituency. . A total of 1,200 will have completed the free training program during the term of the grant, partially funded from federal money awarded by the California Office of Traffic Safety. The program has a unique teaching aid: a cutaway tanker-trailer that allows emergency response and liquid propane gas industry personnel to get "up close and personal" with the pumps, valves, piping and emergency fittings found on highway tankers. The training includes a classroom session where attendees learn about hazardous material safety, cargo tank construction, tanker identification and the properties of liquid propane gas. The CHP portion of the classroom training emphasizes proper care and transportation of injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. persons from the scene and traffic safety and congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. relief around the crash site. To request more information or to schedule a training program in a local area contact WPGA's Executive Director Mary Reynolds at 916/447-9742. The California Highway Patrol is a law enforcement and traffic safety agency reporting to Business, Transportation and Housing Agency Secretary Maria Contreras-Sweet and Governor Gray Davis. |
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