Volunteers were out early this morning taking part in the bakken crude derailment drill today in the Township. Multiple emergency agencies descended on the Abrams Rail Yard for the mock rail car leak and explosion. Squad 48 was redesignated as “MontCo Fire Task Force Engine-1″ initiating a 5″ supply line for the secondary water source from a hydrant on Hamlet Circle. All 1,500′ of Squad 48’s 5” was exhausted. Engine 44 (Operating as MontCo Fire Task Force Engine-2) completed the lay to a Montgomery County Hazmat Team Foam Truck. Squad 48’s pump was engaged for approx. an hour and a half.
