Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

TDG Olympic Planning

The TDG program has an established and mature risk program. This includes: proper classification of dangerous goods, inspection and inspection site prioritization, and additional specific requirements for transportation of the most dangerous of dangerous goods (example, Emergency Response Assistance Plans).

TDG started its Olympic surface (road and rail) Olympic planning in early 2007. This includes a comprehensive scalable planning approach to the safe and secure transportation of dangerous goods.

As part of its Olympic planning, many activities were undertaken, including: 

• Safety and Security Threat Risk Assessments completed
• National and Regional Stakeholders engaged and consulted
• Dangerous Goods Sites mapped and visits conducted by Transportation of Dangerous Goods inspectors and Remedial Measures Specialists.
• Dangerous goods products entering the ports reviewed.
• Dangerous goods products being transported by rail reviewed.
• Road survey conducted (movements of dangerous goods on routes and bridges).
• Plume modeling conducted on dangerous goods being transported by various modes of transport.

TDG continues to work with its aviation, rail, marine safety and security colleagues as they develop their plans to make sure that there is a seamless safety and secure movement of dangerous goods into and out of Vancouver/Whistler Olympic area.

Olympic Roles and responsibilities

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has overall federal responsibility for 2010 Games safety and security planning, with its focus being on venue security. To help provide expertise and advise to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on its program and public safety during the transportation of dangerous goods around Olympic venues, TDG has embedded a Remedial Measure Specialist (a specialist on promoting safety and security planning and emergency response) with the Integrated Security Unit of the RCMP (V2010-ISU).

Transport Canada has a broader mandate to address transportation safety and security generally and, in particular, during the Olympics. Therefore, while the RCMP safety and security planning is venue centric, the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Directorate is also taking into consideration the broader issue of transportation of dangerous goods safety and security during the Olympics to address issues that are not targeted by the RCMP planning.

Proposed Requirements for consultation

CBRNE Response Program for Orphaned releases of dangerous goods

New Requirements already in Affect for the Olympics

Access to Olympic Controlled Zones for Dangerous Goods^New

Lost and Stolen Dangerous Goods

Equivalency Certificates Issued for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

Equivalency Certificate SU 10023(Ren.1)
Equivalency Certificate SU 10024
Equivalency Certificate SU 10025