Two North Sioux City Assistant Fire Chiefs are now better prepared for a crude oil rail car fire after receiving training in Pueblo, Colorado.  Dan Kriese and Jim Christenson were sponsored by BNSF Railway to attend the course.  Kriese says the training is timely to his department…

 

A couple of BNSF rail lines pass through or near Union County.

Fighting crude oil fires requires different skills than most fires they usually responds to, and Kriese says he hopes they don’t have to put the news training to use very often…

 

The two men spent five days in Colorado and hope to pass their training onto others within their department.