Emergency Response &
Preparedness Training
ATU Wins Huge Transit Security Victory!
On August 3, 2007, the President signed a bill which contains important new transit security provisions which the ATU worked hard to get enacted into law over the last six years. Many of these are outlined in the Union's issue statement below. ATU has prepared a comprehensive review of the new transit security law. » Learn More
Common sense tells us that the single most important thing that we can do to increase transit and over-the-road bus security is to provide each and every frontline transit and over-the-road bus employee - including rail and bus operators, customer service personnel and maintenance employees - with security and emergency preparedness and response training.
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"While we should not abandon research and deployment of new technologies, we need to recognize what has been proven to be the most cost-effective security measure: employee training."
Congressional testimony, January 18, 2007
The following training programs are available free-of-cost to transit employers in the U.S:
- Rail Operations Control Center response to WMD Incidents
- System Security Awareness for Commuter Railroad Employees
- System Security Awareness for Passenger Vessel Employees
- System Security Awareness for Transit Employees
- System Security Awareness for Transportation Employees
- Terrorist Activity Recognition and Reaction
- Violence in the Transit Workplace – Prevention, Response and Recovery
Also available from NTI are the following training videos and pocket guides on emergency preparedness and response, which can be order for free from the NTI website:
- *New – The Mark – a fast paced training video depicting a fictionalized version of an all-too-real terrorist threat against an average metropolitan transit system.
- Warning Signs – a fifteen minute video presentation on the key aspects of system security for transit employees.
- Employee Guide to Preventing Workplace Violence
- Employee Guide to System Security – Bus Maintenance
- Employee Guide to System Security – Bus Maintenance (Spanish Version)
- Employee Guide to System Security – Bus Operations
- Employee Guide to System Security – Bus Operations (Spanish Version)
- Employee Guide to System Security – Commuter Bus
- Employee Guide to System Security – Commuter Rail
- Employee Guide to System Security – Heavy Rail
- Employee Guide to System Security – Light Rail
- Employee Guide to System Security – Passenger Vessel
- Terrorist Activity Recognition and Reaction
ATU members and local union officers are encouraged to contact their employer to discuss the possibility of using the NTI training programs and pocket guides at their property.
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