On March 10, 2013 a full-scale exercise took place, providing a vivid depiction of a unified command working together on a simulated incident inside the Alameda Corridor.
The drill took place from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and included the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), Los Angeles County Fire Department(LACoFD), Vernon Fire Department, Compton Fire Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department,Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway and representatives of theAlameda Corridor Transportation Authority (ACTA).
The exercise was held at 52nd Street at Little Alameda City of Vernon and simulated the sighting of smoke from a well car on a train in the Alameda Corridor trench, a leaking tank car, and injured railroad personnel. The objective of the drill is to improve unified command, communications, hazardous materials operations and command operations to an incident inside the Alameda Corridor.
This is yet another example of multiple local agencies working together to ensure the greatest care for Los Angeles citizens, and taking pride in the Los Angeles Fire Department motto, "Train as if your life depends on it… Because it does!"
Submitted by Erik Scott, Spokesman
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