Anatomy of a Crisis (Video)

Provides an overview of the day-to-day activities surrounding the train wreck of September 28, 1982, in Livingston, Louisiana, which saw 41 cars carrying hazardous chemical materials derailed, spilling and setting afire to these materials. Numerous federal, state, and local agencies joined in a preplanned effort to control, manage and overcome the accident.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • VHS (1/2 in.) videocassette
• Corporate Authors:

  Environmental Protection Agency

  1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20460
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chemical spills; Derailments; Emergency management; Fires; Hazardous materials; Railroad crashes
• Geographic Terms: Louisiana
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Security and Emergencies; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01483578
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 11 2013 9:07AM