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13 Jan, 4 tweets, 3 min read
(1) Throughout my career & especially in recent years I've uncovered confusion & delay by @wmata in notifying area fire departments about rail emergencies. @NTSB found these same issues during Metro's first deadly accident, 40-years-ago today. (more) #wmata
(2) Here's part of the timeline of the detrailment near Federal Triangle on January 13, 1982, killing 3 & injuring 25. Metro initially only asked for an ambulance 4 minutes after the derailment. It took 12 minutes to relay to DCFD that passengers were trapped. (more)
(3) Here's @NTSB's findings from inside the Rail Operations Control Center. It's very similar to more recent findings of ROCC chaos by @MetrorailSafety. (more)
(4) Throughout Metro's entire history it has struggled to properly & effectively communicate key emergency info to area fire departments during rail incidents. Even GM Paul Wiedefeld's "Safety Trumps Service" has failed to correct this. We deserve better. Our lives depend on it.

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.@dcfireems were just dispatched to Metro Center to handle "smoke on the tracks".
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Breaking: @dcfireems on the scene at Gallery Place with train stopped about 200 feet into the tunnel on tack 2. Lots of passengers have been calling 911.
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