ACTA completes major drill
The Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority ran a large emergency-response exercise with local, state, and federal partners — a cross‑agency drill that tested coordination and incident protocols (prnewswire.com).
ACTA staged the live exercise on March 22, 2026, along a one‑block section of the Alameda Corridor in the City of Compton. (morningstar.com) Participating agencies named in the release included Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), Compton, Long Beach, Montebello and Downey fire departments, Santa Fe Springs HazMat, Union Pacific and BNSF representatives, alongside ACTA officials. (morningstar.com) More than 150 fire, police and other emergency‑services personnel took part in the drill, which incorporated hands‑on tasks such as cutting open a rail car, donning hazmat suits to simulate a chlorine spill from a chemical tanker, and extracting a dummy from the trench using a crane and stretcher. (morningstar.com) ACTA described the live event as the culmination of months of coordination and tabletop planning, continuing a sequence of annual Corridor drills that ACTA posted about for March 3, 2024 and March 9, 2025 on its newsroom calendar. (morningstar.com (acta.org)) Deputy Fire Chief Reginald Donald of the Compton Fire Department framed the training as an opportunity to test interagency procedures and Corridor safety features in a real‑world environment. (prnewswire.com) ACTA scheduled the exercise for Sunday morning specifically to limit disruption to cargo movement through the Corridor during peak weekday operations. (morningstar.com)
