s1ugg0 t1_j8w9xqi wrote on February 17, 2023 at 12:11 PM

Yes. But our rail lines are maintained better. The state has better and stricter regulations. And all New Jersey firefighters are required to complete the first two levels of Hazmat training in order to graduate the fire academy.

Could what happened in Ohio happened here? Sure. But we are much better prepared to handle it. We had incidents like Ohio decades ago. We learned our lessons.

Here is the incident when it happened in Paulsboro in 2012.

F5x9 t1_j8wzx1l wrote on February 17, 2023 at 3:36 PM

We also had a tanker truck leak last summer.

SmeemyMeemy t1_j8x5xgm wrote on February 17, 2023 at 4:15 PM

The smell had my lungs on fire from that tank leak. Stupid asses. (We had to close my gym in Mickleton for a while two days)

Cheekclapped t1_j8y67a1 wrote on February 17, 2023 at 8:06 PM

Railways are FRA regulated. The state has no say in it and they explicitly stated they are exempt from a lot of environmental oversight because it's federal territory.

Also there have been 3 railway incidents in south Jersey the past 5 years. They just don't reach the level of attention Ohio did. Also that "training" is Ops and Awareness. It's a joke lol. All HAZMAT ER is done by a CEHA agency or the DEP for the most part (EPA will give assistance when requested.)