This is the final BC Regional TRANSCAER Committee for 2019 and again hosted by the Delta Fire and Emergency Services
Contact:
Douglas Kittle
The spring regular quarterly meeting on March 19th 2020 will convene at the Township of Langley Fire Hall 6 on the second floor meeting room at 0900. Amongst the regular items will be a presentation by J. Boudreau on recent changes to the TDG regulations and we will be discussing the upcoming TRANSCAER event in Kamloops.
Contact:
Doug Kittle
CANCELLED: AS OF MARCH 17, 2020 THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC AND RESPONSE.
This training is for community first responders including police and fire, community emergency planners and their supporting partners. It will include a morning classroom session at the Coast Hotel and Conference Centre at 1250 Rogers Way in Kamloops followed by a lunch then move to the CN rail yards for the field station portion of the training.
There will be dangerous goods transportation equipment and training aids to show service equipment and safety features associated with the various transport equipment including emergency response contractor support. Personnel from industry and government will be attending to instruct and advise participants regarding response strategies, their roles and responsibilities during dangerous goods incidents.
Contact:
Matt Leigh
BC Fire Training Officers Annual Training and Convention which includes a broad range of education opportunities. BC TRANSCAER will present rail based instruction on general rail safety for first responders plus Level 1 Flammable Liquid Fire Response for rail cars. This training will allow participants to obtain further hands on training for Level 2 to be offered at the Justice Institute of BC Safety Training Centre in the future.
Contact:
Doug Kittle
