Emergency Response Incident Management

Location of Incident

• Totally Fictitious, this place does NOT exist outside this exercise.

• The location is designed to be at the same Latitude as Delaware,

so temperature and climate is the same as around Dover

Delaware.

• Populations of this fictitious city called Hiatusport is approximately 500,000

• There are numerous industries around the port.

EMH340 – Introduction to Emergency

Response & Incident Management

Hiatusport / JPB Train Derailment

Overall Scenario

• At 0730 August 24, 20XX the JPB Northern train was traveling southbound across the

Sangria River on the POST Railroad Bridge when it derailed. A total of 6 cars left the tracks

and plunged down the 25 foot hill. Three cars to the right of the track and three to the left.

Two cars were carrying 29,000 gallons of No. 4 fuel oil, two cars were carrying pine wood

chips, and two cars were 90 ton pressurized chlorine cars. One of the petroleum cars is

leaking into the river. One of the chlorine cars slid into a tank at Stauffer Chemical and is

releasing chlorine. There is a lot of smoke and a small brush fire on the west side of the

tracks. The crewmembers of the train are accounted for and have been transported to the

hospital for evaluation. Stauffer Chemical was in the middle of a shift change and is unable

to account for 11 people at this time.

• Winds are out of the NW at 2 kts and expect to be that way throughout the rest of the day. High

temps will be in the los 80’s*F, and the water temp is 68*F. Partly cloudy with a potential for

some showers early evening. High Tide (+1.5ft) is at 0834 and low tide (-2ft) is at 2015 local

time

• The Incident command post is currently located at the intersection of

Smith Road and Terminal Ave. There is a Staging area set up directly

across from the ICP. And a Heli-spot has been set up off Ron Road.

• The Local Fire Department has responded as well as the Stauffer Chemical

facility in house fire brigade. The US Coast Guard is on the water

investigating, and setting up safety and security zones—limiting traffic on

the river

Assumptions and Supporting Information

• The Sangria river is a river basin that leads out into the

Atlantic Ocean, and has some tidal influence up to Duke

Island

• There are numerous environmental sensitive areas around this incident

• Duke island has a native American burial site on its eastern edge.

• This accident does not appear to be a terrorist act

• All required notifications have been made