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<p class="MsoNormal">Town of Riverdale Park, Maryland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Council – Public Safety Committee<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Meeting: Friday, March 23rd – 9:00AM to 10:30AM<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">TOPIC: Railroad Hazards, Safety, and Emergency Response<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">AGENDA<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">TOPIC INTRODUCTION: The goals of today’s meeting are to further the Town’s<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">understanding of railroad hazards, safety, and emergency response; and to encourage any requisite follow-up by those in attendance, along with members of the public.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In the last three (3) months there have been high-profile train derailments. In 2016, a train derailment and chemical spill occurred in Northeast Washington D.C. Should a similar incident occur in Riverdale Park or neighboring jurisdiction,
coordination and cooperation among the jurisdictions will be necessary to ensure an effective response.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Welcome and introductions: Council Member Chris Henry (5 minutes)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">PRESENTATIONS:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CSX: Brian Hammock, Resident VP; Maryland and Delaware Government Affairs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rail hazards, safety and emergency response (15 minutes)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Amtrak Police: Deputy Chief Maureen Powers of the Amtrak PD (15 minutes)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rail hazards, safety and emergency response<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Prince Georges County Fire Department / Riverdale Volunteers (15 minutes)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Overview - Response to mass casualty / derailment / chemical spill<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Prince Georges County Police Department (15 minutes)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Overview – Police District I & Special Operations Division - mass casualty<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Riverdale Park Police Department: (5 minutes)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Role and cooperation among local authorities<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: (15 minutes)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1. How can the community and emergency responders be better prepared to respond to this type of an incident?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2. Are there policy, communication, and funding issues that need to be further examined?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3. Are local jurisdictions involved in training and response simulations? If not, should they be included? Next steps?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">CLOSING COMMENTS: (5 minutes)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Harlow Solid Italic"">Jessica<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Jessica E. Barnes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Town Clerk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Riverdale Park<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">5008 Queensbury Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Riverdale Park, MD 20737<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><a href="http://www.riverdaleparkmd.info/">www.riverdaleparkmd.info</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">301-927-6381 x505<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">A Welcoming Community, Come Grow with Us!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">DISCLAIMER: All Town of Riverdale Park email recipients are cautioned that messages sent and received via the Town's email system may be considered public record pursuant to the Maryland Public
Information Act, and may be subject to inspection and copying by the public.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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