Regulatory
This is a type of unexpected movement of equipment on a mainline or siding requiring NRC notification.
What is an uncontrolled movement or rollout?
The best practice to ensure reports are not duplicated.
What is search for an existing report?
When an incident occurs off UPRR property - such as at a hotel, on foreign track, or in a public area - this is how the location should be documented in the RMCC incident narrative.
What is the physical address or cross streets, city, and state?
The Fire Data selections for a controlled burn off UP property that was observed on UP property.
What is point of observation- on UPRR property and spread - fire spread from 3rd party property to UPRR property?
Contrary to common misconception, a derailment of 10 or more railcars does not automatically trigger this RMCC customer notification requirement.
What is notification to the NRC?
An open door on a loaded container found on the mainline with no available container ID should be classified as this.
What is Theft/ Burglary?
This many fatalities or injuries in a railroad related incident require RMCC to notify the National Response Center.
What is 5 or more?
The best practice to obtain/verify information from a past phone conversation that was missed in the dispatcher's notes and it is needed for the report.
What is pull your voice tape through Higher Ground?
The correct way to document you made state and federal notifications for an incident in the incident summary.
What is state and federal regulatory agency notifications were issued?
The Fire Data selections for when the Fire Department responded and extinguished the fire.
What is suppressed by fire/police department and suppression measure of fire department equipment?
People we can accept citizen injury status from.
Who is local responders/up responders?
Ex. Special Agent, Risk
A crew transport driver reported a vehicle accident occurred while transporting train crew with no reported injuries. This incident will be classified as.
What is a non-train-related vehicle accident?
NRC notification is required due to this type of serious injury or fatality from a locomotive or related equipment.
The ONLY RMCC report that does not need a summary when sending a broadcast notification.
What is Seal Exceptions?
The correct verbiage to use with a train dispatcher to stop train traffic.
What is requesting all train traffic stopped on all tracks?
When the cause of a fire is unknown, this should be selected as the suspected cause on the Fire Data tab.
What is Undetermined?
The person you should notify in the room for any critical incidents/gamechanger updates.
Who is the person on the desk?
A train dispatcher reports a transient encampment fire on the right of way. This incident will be classified as this.
What is a transient encampment, with the fire data tab?
The time(s) a Hazard Materials Manager should be consulted regarding regulatory notifications for environmental/hazardous materials releases.
What is when the commodity released doesn't fit regulatory requirements and when there is a potential release that is unconfirmed.
The best practice when local law enforcement advises they are still on scene and request train traffic remain stopped, however, a UP employee advises everyone is clear and train traffic can resume.
What is follow up with local law enforcement and do not release train traffic unless they advise they are clear?
The correct verbiage to use with train dispatchers when authorizing the resumption of train traffic.
What is you can resume normal operations in accordance with your rules.
The Fire Data cause selection for a transient encampment with an active fire.
What is Trespasser/Vandalism/Arson?
The RMCC's goal for average answer speed for emergency calls.
What is 40 seconds?
These yard incidents include hard coupling with damage, raking collisions between consists on adjacent tracks, and broken train collisions.
What are examples of rail equipment incidents?
The type of material that prompts notification to NRC when 119 gallons or more is released.
What is a marine pollutant?
The reason the Drug & Alcohol notification is time sensitive.
What is because the FRA mandates that drug testing occurs within 4 hours of the incident?
When documenting an incident, this information should be documented exactly as the provided by the reporting party.
What is the incident location, including city, state, subdivision, and milepost?
The two questions RMCC asks the train dispatcher specifically related to the cause of fires.
What is what was the last train through the area and time and did Engineering perform any hot work at this location today and time?
List the five pieces of Train data that must be attached to critical incident reports involving a train.
What is ...
1. Detailed Train Summary
2. Advanced Train Consist
3. Detailed Train Consist
4. Track Warrant
5. Track Bulletins
A UP employee, while on duty, crashes a rental vehicle off railroad property. This incident should be classified as this.
What is a UPRR Vehicle Accident?