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8/8/2023
BeRailSafe, the North Carolina Department of Transportation Rail Division’s railroad safety education and outreach unit, is working with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to offer a new train-the-trainer program for instructors who teach courses to high school students interested in public safety careers.
The new rail safety training program seeks to prevent people from trespassing on railroad tracks, NCDOT officials announced in a press release.
“It’s critical we get this information to as many people as possible to make people aware of the dangers of trespassing on railroad tracks,” said Ain Flowers, NCDOT’s BeRailSafe program coordinator. “Our No. 1 goal is to save lives by preventing people from trespassing on railroad tracks. It’s illegal and it’s dangerous.”
Last month, BeRailSafe program staff and NDPI started training high school instructors who teach Career and Technical Pathways Education courses. The training will enable instructors to include basic rail safety and general railroad awareness about private property and trespassing behaviors and incidents into courses on emergency management, firefighter technology, 911 operations, the law and emergency medical technology.