Georgetown Loop Railroad - Emergency Training

September 22, 2005

Wasatch Railroad Contractors and the Georgetown Loop Railroad provided an emergency incident training for the local fire and rescue crews of Clear Creek County.

This was a two part training. Part One discussed emergency steam locomotive extrication (rescuing a steam locomotive crew) and was covered with some of the firefighting crews in August. Part Two covered topics relating to the rescue of passengers involved in a train accident. After Mike Lewis and John Rimmasch made their presentation, firefighters and EMTs were given the opportunity to perform a mock rescue of 8 volunteers in one of the GLRR open air cars.

Below are some pictures of the event. All photos by Cari Lewis except where noted.

Your instructors this evening: Mike Lewis (left) and John Rimmasch (right). No. 12 was brought outside for possible locomotive training.	Mike Lewis instructs one dozen first-response rescue personnel. Securing railroad equipment, understanding railroad brake systems, and knowing what resources are available were some of the topics discussed.
John Rimmasch takes his turn to talk about what equipment first-responders might take with them on the rails to a remotely located accident.	Volunteers pretend to be victims in a mock train wreck and await the rescue crews to save the day.
A Clear Creek County firefighter secures the handbrake on the open air car just before assessing the needs of the passengers.	Once aboard the train, passengers are evaluated case by case and tagged based on priority. Steve Torrico pretends to have some serious injuries. Photo by Einar Jensen.
As Steve is prepared for transport (left), other responders set up a triage area where victims can be received and cared for away from the train. Photos by Einar Jensen.