≡ The Incident and Tactics Used ≡ Lessons Learned By An Incident Commander ≡ Lessons Learned By Parkland County ≡ 0100hrs 19 October 2013 134 cars train westbound from Edmonton to the West Coast experienced an undesired emergency brake application ≡ The train derailed when 1 or more rail breaks occurred in the high rail as the train traversed the curve at the east end of Gainford siding. ≡ Railcars 13 through 25 had derailed. ≡ 4 derailed cars were petroleum crude oil and 9 cars were liquefied petroleum gas. (Transportation Safety Board, 2014‐2015) ≡ Incident Time Duration: 5 days, 11 hours ≡ Evacuation of at least 135 residents ≡ Detour of Highway 16 – Yellowhead Trans Canada ≡ Three invasive procedures used resolve the incident RECEPTION CENTER INITIAL INCIDENT COMMAND POST EVACUATION ZONE DERAILMENT SITE TRAFFIC DETOUR INCIDENT COMMAND POST EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER PRODUCT UNDER NORMAL TRANSPORT PRESSURE WILDLAND FIRE UNDERGROUND FACILITIES HP ATCO PIPELINE ALBERTA SUPERNET KINDER MORGAN – TRANS MOUNTAIN PARKLAND GAS COOP UTILITIES LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS LPG SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 0.509 APPROX. VOLUME: 30,000 Gallons ‐ DouglasAdams,authorofTheHitchhiker’sGuidetotheGalaxy NATOLessonLearnedHandbook,2011 Unified Command Parkland ‐ CN Safety Officer Liaison Officer Operations Public Safety Div. Security Evacuation Fire / Dangerous Good Div Air Operations Branch Planning Staging Area Manager Logistics Finance / Admin Resources Unit Leader Food Unit Leader Time Unit Leader Technical Specialists Ground Support Unit Leader Cost Unit Leader Parkland County IC Operations Planning CN VP Logistics Operations Security DG Team Fire Site Rec Support Services Track Crew Planning Logistics Planning Section Chief Resources Unit Leader Logistic Section Chief Ground Support Unit Leader Private Sector Public Sector Stakeholders Residents Reputation Management Transparency Transparency Honest Open EOC Manger Finance Section Chief