Dr. Frances Edwards, one of MTI's faculty members for the Master of Science in Transportation Mangement, wrote this item for the American Society for Public Administration's Section on Emergency and Crisis Management's professional newsletter, Emergency Management Dispatch.
"San Jose's two commuter railroads - ACE Train (Altamont Commuter Express) and Caltrain (serving San Jose to San Francisco corridor) - worked with San Jose Fire Department and the local ambulance provider to hold an emergency preparedness exercise on Saturday, December 12, 2009. The exercise was supported by the DHS Transportation Security Grant program.
"The scenario was a train collision, necessitating gaining emergency access to the cars using the emergency windows, and then triaging and treating patients in the cars, then extricating them through the windows and doors. The interior of the cars have narrow walkways, and some cars are two levels, creating rescue challenges. Patients then had to transported using rolling carts and skeds to the treatment and transportation area at street level, above the railroad embankment.
"Mineta Transportation Institute Research Associate Dan Goodrich provided consultation services during exercise development, and Dan and Frannie Edwards, MTI's Deputy Director for DHS' National Transportation Security Center of Excellence, served as observers during the exercise. Over 100 public safety personnel from San Jose Fire Department and several mutual aid departments participated. Volunteer victims came from the Fire Explorer program of San Jose Fire Department."
"The scenario was a train collision, necessitating gaining emergency access to the cars using the emergency windows, and then triaging and treating patients in the cars, then extricating them through the windows and doors. The interior of the cars have narrow walkways, and some cars are two levels, creating rescue challenges. Patients then had to transported using rolling carts and skeds to the treatment and transportation area at street level, above the railroad embankment.
"Mineta Transportation Institute Research Associate Dan Goodrich provided consultation services during exercise development, and Dan and Frannie Edwards, MTI's Deputy Director for DHS' National Transportation Security Center of Excellence, served as observers during the exercise. Over 100 public safety personnel from San Jose Fire Department and several mutual aid departments participated. Volunteer victims came from the Fire Explorer program of San Jose Fire Department."
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