NFPA hosts webinar, “High Hazard Flammable Train Transportation,” to help address oil train derailment hazards

Following multiple crude oil train accidents this year, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) will host a free webinar on Thursday, June 4 at 2:00pm EDT, to help the fire service and code enforcement personnel be prepared for oil train derailment incidents. Rail cars transporting crude oil have a tendency to explode when they derail, and the number of rail cars carrying crude has increased significantly in the last six years. Nearly 500,000 carloads of crude oil were transported by rail in 2014, up from about 9,500 in 2008, according to reports from the Association of American Railroads (AAR). NFPA’s...