DeFuniak Springs Police Attend Railroad Emergency Response Training
By: Stephen Crews
Updated: February 28, 2011
On Wednesday, February 23rd 2011, officers from the DeFuniak Springs
Police attended a one day Railroad Emergency Response Training in
Pensacola, Florida. The training event was presented by CSX Railroad and
covered a variety of emergency response and situational management
techniques; including hazardous materials and train derailment.
The class took place in a freight train box car that CSX has converted into a fully functional classroom. The box car, along with two other training tanker cars, travels the country on rail providing training opportunities to first responders. CSX operates the rail line that runs through the city of DeFuniak Springs.
