CHP and WPGA Train Responders to Tanker Crashes.Business Editors/Transportation Writers SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 2001 A grant-funded training program conducted by 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 ) is expected to increase public safety and reduce highway 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. resulting from tanker-trailer crashes. By the completion of the grant on June 30, the CHP-WPGA partnership is scheduled to train at least 1,200 fire fighters, law enforcement officers, tow truck operators and ambulance personnel, said CHP Enforcement Services Division Chief Manny Manny may refer to: In nobility:
The Emergency Response Training Program is funded by a $133,284 state Office of Traffic Safety grant. "Our first priority in a tanker-trailer crash is to ensure the public is protected from a hazardous spill. Our second is to get the road cleared and traffic flowing again," Padilla said. Tanker-trailers frequently carry hazardous liquids such as liquid propane gas, auto gasoline, diesel, chlorine, anhydrous an·hy·drous adj. Without water, especially water of crystallization. anhydrous (anhī´drus), adj without water. anhydrous containing no water. ammonia and other chemicals. From 1994 to 1997, the CHP responded to 24 hazardous materials incidents involving tanker-trailers. "Even harmless materials such as water, milk and molasses molasses, sugar byproduct, the brownish liquid residue left after heat crystallization of sucrose (commercial sugar) in the process of refining. Molasses contains chiefly the uncrystallizable sugars as well as some remnant sucrose. spilled from a tanker-trailer can create a slippery road surface and cause traffic congestion," Padilla said. "Once emergency personnel understand how a tanker-trailer is constructed, they can clear the crash using the quickest, safest procedures." The Emergency Response Training Program includes instruction from the CHP on incident command structure. The CHP component of the training emphasizes that the CHP is charged with ensuring injured persons receive appropriate care, the public and environment are safe and the crash is thoroughly investigated. The WPGA instructs responders on hazardous material safety, cargo tank identification and construction, the specific properties of liquid propane gas and correct procedures for dealing with an emergency. This type of partnership between government and the private sector benefits everyone, said Mary Reynolds, executive director of the WPGA. "The program helps to keep traffic moving at the same time we protect the men and women who take great risks to assist at tanker-trailer crash sites," Reynolds said. |
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