The Renewable Fuels Association has once again received grants to extend its award-winning ethanol safety training programs into 2025, with the new round of grants bringing the total funds received by RFA for safety training to more than $1 million since 2010. The grants for 2025 include: $15,000 from the Federal Railroad Administration for three seminars and four webinars; Pipeline …
RFA Offers FSMA Training for Ethanol Producers
The Renewable Fuels Association is offering an important training program this month in Des Moines to help ethanol producers who also market the co-product distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) comply with animal food regulations. The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) training program on Preventive Controls for Animal Food compliance is tailored specifically for the ethanol industry. This critically important …
RFA Safety Program Continues Winning Streak
The Renewable Fuels Association safety program continues its winning streak, receiving its 12th consecutive National Achievement Award from TRANSCAER, a national hazardous materials safety coalition. In addition, RFA’s Director of Safety and Technical Programs Missy Ruff received an Individual Recognition Award for her efforts. “The U.S. ethanol industry continues to maintain an excellent safety record, which is a direct result …
RFA Safety Programs Win National Awards
The Renewable Fuels Association has been honored for the 11th consecutive year with the National Achievement Award from TRANSCAER, a national hazardous materials safety coalition, for its outstanding safety programs. In addition, TRANSCAER honored Missy Ruff, RFA’s Director of Safety and Technical Programs, with an Individual Recognition Award for her efforts administering the programs. In 2022, more than 1,200 attendees …
RFA Offers Emergency Response ‘Train the Trainer’ Webinars
The Renewable Fuels Association is hosting a series of four “train the trainer” webinars this year for emergency response professionals interested in learning how to train their colleagues and others on proper responses to emergencies involving ethanol. With the support of safety organization TRANSCAER and the Federal Railroad Administration, professional hazmat trainer Joel Hendelman will teach individuals how to train …
New Grants Support RFA Ethanol Safety Programs
The Renewable Fuels Association has again received grant funding to continue to support its safety education program through its work with TRANSCAER, a voluntary national outreach program that focuses on community preparedness for possible hazardous material transportation incidents. A $25,000 grant from the Federal Railroad Administration will support eight ethanol safety seminars and four “train the trainer” webinars for first …
RFA Now Offers Ethanol Safety Training in Spanish
The Renewable Fuels Association award-winning ethanol safety training program is now available in Spanish-language versions of all materials, developed under the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s ALERT grant program. RFA works closely with TRANSCAER, a national outreach program to help communities prepare for and respond to hazardous material transportation incidents, to offer free ethanol safety training. These newly translated …
RFA Celebrates Safety Recognition Milestone
The Renewable Fuels Association has received its 10th consecutive TRANSCAER National Achievement Award for training first responders and others in ethanol emergency response and safety, marking a decade of leadership in the area of ethanol industry safety. The award recognizes RFA’s work in 2021, when more than 1,500 attendees received hands-on instruction via 35 training opportunities supported by the association. …
RFA Schedules 2022 ‘Train the Trainer’ Webinars
The Renewable Fuels Association is hosting a series of four “train the trainer” webinars this year for emergency response professionals above the technical level of training who are interested in learning how to train their colleagues and others on proper responses to emergencies involving ethanol. With the support of safety organization TRANSCAER and the Federal Railroad Administration, professional hazmat trainer …
New Ethanol Emergency Response Videos Unveiled
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) has released a new series of ethanol emergency response videos aimed at ensuring effective responses to ethanol incidents. The eight-episode series was developed in conjunction with TRANSCAER and funded through a federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ALERT grant. “It is important for us to get this critical safety response information out to as …