First responders in the Inland Northwest look at several types of major incidents and try to learn from them. Locally, there are passenger trains as well as trains that carry coal and oil, that could do some serious damage if they derailed.
2 On Your Side found out how Spokane area first responders prepare to deal with a train derailment if it ever happened.
Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said an oil train derailment is a real possibility in the Spokane area and they are prepared.
"The complexity really occurs with oil trains from a variety of things like if the container is breached, is it on fire, is it next to a river, is it next to our downtown, evacuations, all those considerations are variables to our incident command decision making," said Schaeffer