Federal Railroad Administration Provides Grant Funding Since 2010TRANSCAER® has managed eight consecutive years of grant funding for Transportation Emergency Response Training through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration since 2010. TRANSCAER® Team members including The Chlorine Institute and Renewable Fuels Association have provided training to thousands of responders nationwide for chlorine and ethanol and rail safety under these grants totaling $475,000 . Thanks for your support!

*RFA trained 271 during 14 Ethanol Seminars under TRANSCAER® in 2016 through the TRANSCAER® Federal Railroad Administration’s Grant. RFA trained 795 qualified attendees to teach operational level ethanol emergencies during five ethanol emergency response train the trainer webinars/seminars under the Alert Grant through IAFC/ USDOT/PHMSA Grant.)

RESPONDERS TRAINED DURING 2016 NORTH AMERICAN TOURS

TRANSCAER® Team Members Total Number Trained

BNSF Railway 9,601CN 8,137Canadian Pacific 4,048Chemours (Memphis Plant) 233CSX Transportation 6,730DANA Transport Inc. 533Kansas City Southern 1,060Norfolk Southern Corporation 5,573

2016 TRANSCAER® NORTH AMERICAN TRAINING TOTALS

Renewable Fuels Association* 1,066Tanner Industries, Inc. 815The Chlorine Institute 1,298The Dow Chemical Company 723Union Pacific Railroad 8,000 Wheeling & Lake Erie 182Canadian TRANSCAER® Regional Committee 2,000

TOTAL 49,999

TRANSCAER® Team Members Total Number Trained

Assisting communities to prepare for and respond to possible hazardous materials transportation incidents

14ETHANOL SAFETY SEMINARS

SPANNING 8 STATES

1,298STUDENTS TRAINED IN 15 CITIES

BY 134 INSTRUCTORS

49,999 trained in 2016

Hundreds of 1,000strained since 1986

100sof training events

offered yearly

SINCE JANUARY 2016:TRANSCAER® approved API/AAR

Crude by Rail Safety Course

TRANSCAER® API/AAR Crude by Rail Safety Course is available through national/state/local hazmat &

emergency response conferences across the U.S.

Program is distributed via TRANSCAER® outreach.

OUR SUCCESSES

THE CRUDE BY RAIL SAFETY COURSE HAS BEEN

ROLLED OUT NATIONWIDEVIA TRANSCAER® TEAM MEMBERS/CLASS I RAILROADS.

190,000+RESPONDERS TRAINED SINCE 2011

ANHYDROUS AMMONIAFirst product specific training program officially

branded and endorsed by TRANSCAER®

160,000+ DVDs Distributed since 2011

Hundreds of training tours throughout the U.S. since 2011

THE 2016 SAFETY TOUR5 out of 9 TRANSCAER® Regions

8 out of 21 CHLOREP Regions15 training events over 10 months

29 CI Member Companies ★ 7 Class 1 Railroad 6 Shortline Railroads ★ 40 Training Days

SINCE JANUARY 2016, RFA HAS HELD:5 Ethanol Emergency Response Train the Trainer

webinars/seminars

Trained 795 qualified attendees to teach operator level ethanol emergency

271 emergency responders trained

Developed & offering training on anhydrous ammonia, chlorine, crude by rail, ethanol, and highway & rail safety

1,000s trained on anhydrous, crude, chlorine and ethanol

Sponsored by 7 national organizations

Collaborate with DOT/DOE/EPA/DHS

Learn more atwww.askrail.us

LEARN MORE AT

www.chemtrec.comFor Chemical Emergency Spill, Leak, Fire, Exposure or Accident

Call CHEMTREC® - Day or Night 800-424-9300

Outside of the United States call 703-527-3887

Transportation Rail Incident Preparedness & Response (TRIPR) Training Resource TRANSCAER® along with a host of other National TRANSCAER® Sponsors (Association of American Railroads, American Petroleum Institute (API), and the Renewable Fuels Association) and other organizations such as American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association, FEMA, EPA, Coast Guard, etc., have joined with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Team to create a NEW training resource called Transportation Rail Incident Preparedness & Response (TRIPR) specific to Flammable Liquid Unit Trains. This new resource is dedicated to Hazard Class 3 - flammable liquids (specifically crude oil and ethanol). http://dothazmat.vividlms.com/tools.asp

TRANSCAER® aims to reach out to a broad spectrum of stakeholders from responders, to government, to industry -- here are some of our OUTREACH efforts we made across North America throughout 2016.

OUTreaching

★ PLANNING ASSISTANCELocal community assistance to better

understand and plan for hazmat transportation emergencies

★ TRAININGBoth classroom and hands-on training

★ DRILLS AND EXERCISESDrills to improve the response and

handling of actual hazmat emergencies

★ WHISTLE STOP TOURSHazmat safety training to

communities in states along rail corridors

★ REFERENCE AND TRAINING MATERIALS

Technical information about chemicals and transportation equipment for both training and actual emergency response

★ NATIONAL CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

Best practices, new programs and resources, and networking with each other

★ STATE COORDINATORSStates have a team or coordinator

to help local responders connect with chemical and hazardous materials carriers and shippers conferences

GET INVOLVED

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Donna L. Lepik, Staff Executive,

National TRANSCAER® Task Group, American Chemistry Council (202) 249-6723 · Donna_Lepik@americanchemistry.com

PARTNERS

WE OFFER...EFFECTIVENESS★ TRANSCAER® equals TRUST with emergency response community★ Recognized multi-industry, long-standing & successful emergency preparedness program ★ Collaboration between stakeholders (industry/ carriers/government/responders)★ Relationships with federal agencies★ Increased federal grant funding★ Increase in training programs offered

NATIONAL TRANSCAER®

TASK GROUP PROVIDES:★ Strategic Leadership resources and assistance to Regional Coordinators & State Teams

REGIONAL & STATE COORDINATORS:★ At the regional and state level, TRANSCAER® representatives work to implement the TRANSCAER® process

www.transcaer.com

STAY CONNECTED

SPONSORS

EVERY SECOND COUNTS.

ARE YOU PREPARED?

OUR SCOPEA voluntary national outreach effort, established in 1986, that focuses on assisting communities prepare for and respond to a possible hazardous material transportation incident. TRANSCAER® members consist of volunteer representatives from: • Chemical Manufacturing • Transportation Carriers • Distribution • Industry Associations • Emergency Response Personnel & Industries • Government

★ HazMat Shipper

★ Transporters

★ Regulators

★ General Public

★ Emergency Responders

★ Community Emergency Planners

★ Others Interested in Community

OUR STAKEHOLDERS★ Promotes safe transportation and handling of hazardous materials.

★ Educates and assists communities near major transportation routes about hazardous materials.

★ Aids community emergency response planning for hazardous material transportation incidents.

OUR PURPOSE