The TRANSCAER program is free training for responders in communities that might not be able to afford it otherwise. Dow Chemical Company has been running the program for 23 years and has seen it expand significantly in recent years. The program brings emergency responders from small communities into hands-on training sessions that focus on railroad equipment training, hazardous material handling and emergency response drills. Dow recently partnered with Union Pacific to bring training to all communities along the companies’ shared routes by 2012 and expects more growth in the future by brining it to communities in Mexico and Canada.”]