In conjunction with CSX
Railroad, Hepaco and the Colleton County Emergency Preparedness Division,
Fire-Rescue hosted a train derailment table top scenario. The training
room at Station 19 was transformed into an incident command post and
employees from several different agencies participated in mitigating the
mock incident. The incident itself involved the derailment of
approximately 20 railroad cars and involved a fire and the release of
several toxic materials. This exercise was held in real time and covered
the first three hours of the incident. In the interest of realism, only
resources actually available in the county were utilized with mutual aid
being utilized in a time appropriate fashion. Some of the agencies
represented include the Carolina Lowcountry Chapter of The American Red
Cross, Colleton County DSS, Colleton County Emergency Preparedness, South
Carolina Emergency Management Division, South Carolina Electric and Gas,
Colleton County CERT team,
Colleton County Fire Rescue participants included Captains Sam Pinckney and Tim Wojcik, and Firefighter Nate Bristow. Lieutenant Scott Feather served as the Incident Commander and Firefighter/Paramedic Janet Laney served as the Operations Sector Chief.
