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Emergency responders train for river spill |
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January 16, 2017 |
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By Michael Meier
Boundary County Public Information
On Saturday, January 14, several first
responders from local fire departments, Boundary
County Search and Rescue, the Sheriff’s Office
and Kootenai Tribal Police came together to
train with Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railroad
personnel on spill containment on the Kootenai
and Moyie Rivers.
BNSF has stationed spill containment trailers at
Twin Rivers and in their new storage building in
Bonners Ferry, along with providing a trailer
and supplies stationed with South Boundary Fire.
The training instructed by BNRR employees and
contractors drilled on containment and
collection of a spill that may reach the
waterways, and use of the materials that are
located in the storage containers.
Everything is always easier to do on a nice warm
summer day, which is why it was decided to do
this training when weather contributes to the
challenges of boom deployment and spill
containment. If they can react well with the
challenges of cold temperatures and ice, it will
make it that much easier when conditions are
more clement. |
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