Ohio First Responders Practice Train Derailment Response

Ohio first responders practice train derailment response

A training put on by Norfolk Southern helped Summit County first responders practice their response to multiple emergency scenarios.

Summit County Hazmat Team conducts mock train derailment drill with Norfolk Southern

MACEDONIA, Ohio (WJW) – First responders in Summit County are preparing for the worst, practicing how to handle a full-scale hazardous materials incident. On Wednesday, the Summit County Hazmat Team, the city of Macedonia and Norfolk Southern coordinated an emergency hazmat training exercise at the Conrail yard on Ledge Road. 2 indicted in man’s 2011 murder in Tremont “Rail emergencies are very infrequent, but they tend to be large-scale i…