Numbered CP 911001 through 911008, each flat is designed by CPKC’s specialists according to our operational needs. Each flat is equipped with 230,000 litres of water capacity to dispense at up to 1,000 gallons per minute. Combined with specialized training, crews use this equipment to treat vegetation along the tracks with retardant to prevent and slow a fire, defend against small active fires, mop up and extinguish smouldering vegetation and tie fires while aboard a moving train.

2. Each flat holds one Tohatsu 400-gallon-per-minute fire pump with 2.5-inch discharge to supply the two standpipes with nozzles.

3. Water lines come in through the bulkheads from tank cars. The flats are multi-purpose and crews can source water from the deck tanks and tank cars, or draft from a nearby river or stream to save the tank water supply.

4. The railing holds two nozzles on either side that are connected to the Tohatsu pump. Crews can also hook handlines up to the railing, allowing them to leave the flat and extinguish tie fires or small fires along the right-of-way. The hoses and pumps can be removed and substituted with fire packs that crews wear on their backs to fight fires from the ground or from boats.

5. Each fire train has one contracted wildland officer or CPKC hazmat officer overseeing the train, and up to five wildland firefighters.

6. A job box holds extra fittings, hoses and personal protective equipment.

8. A centrifugal water pump runs the two spray bars on the bottom of the flat.

9. Each flat has a spray bar on either side of the bottom. It sprays water or PHOS-CHEK on vegetation along the right-of-way to prevent or control fire.

10. During the night, LED deck lights help crews defend CPKC property and the communities in which we operate.