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News ReleaseBNSF Recognized for Promoting Chemical Transportation Emergency Preparedness EffortsFORT WORTH, Texas, June 1, 2004:The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) today announced that it has received the 2003 National Achievement Award from TRANSCAER®. TRANSCAER®, which stands for Transportation, Community Awareness and Emergency Response, is a nationwide community outreach program designed to promote chemical transportation emergency preparedness and awareness in communities. TRANSCAER® fosters partnerships among chemical producers, distributors, carriers, first responders and government agencies. According to TRANSCAER®, BNSF received this award because of its extensive training initiatives. Working in conjunction with federal agencies, such as the Environmental Protection Agency, BNSF provided railroad emergency response and hazardous materials awareness training to more than 4,600 emergency responders in more than 20 states. "BNSF is committed to ensuring the emergency responders in the communities we serve have top-notch training and updated skills to assist in public safety efforts," says Denis Smith, BNSF vice president, Industrial Products Marketing. In addition to training initiatives, BNSF also assisted with improving community preparedness in other ways, such as providing scholarships to emergency responders to attend the Association of American Railroads Hazardous Materials Training Center. A subsidiary of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE:BNI), BNSF operates one of the largest railroad networks in North America, with about 32,500 route miles covering 28 states and two Canadian provinces. The railway is among the world's top transporters of intermodal traffic, moves more grain than any other American railroad, transports the components of many of the products we depend on daily, and hauls enough coal to generate about ten percent of the electricity produced in the United States. BNSF is an industry leader in Web-enabling a variety of customer transactions at www.bnsf.com. For more information on the company and its transportation solutions, visit the BNSF Web site at www.bnsf.com BNSF Headquarters |
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