Description
High-quality wire-bound book. (metal, not plastic spiral)
Quickly Identify Hazardous Materials Emergency Procedures.
The 2024 DOT Emergency Response Guidebook ERG provides first responders with a manual intended for use during the initial phase of a transportation incident involving hazardous materials (hazmat)/dangerous goods.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Shipping Papers (Documents)
- How to Use this Guidebook
- Local Emergency Telephone Numbers
- Safety Precautions
- Notification and Request for Technical Information
- Hazard Classification System
- Introduction to the Table of Markings, Labels and Placards
- Table of Markings, Labels and Placards and Initial Response Guide to Use On-scene
- Rail Car Identification Chart
- Road Trailer Identification Chart
- Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS)
- Hazard Identification Numbers Displayed on Some Intermodal Containers
- Pipeline Transportation
- ID Number Index (yellow section)
- Name of Material Index (blue section)
- How to Use the Orange Guides
- General First Aid
- Guides (orange section)
- Introduction to Green Tables
- Protective Actions
- Protective Action Decision Factors to Consider
- Background on Table 1 – Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances
- Table 1 – Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances
- Table 2 – Water-Reactive Materials which Produce Toxic Gases
- Table 3 – Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances for Large Spills for Different Quantities of Six Common TIH (PIH in the US) Gases
- ERG2024 User’s Guide
- Protective Clothing
- Decontamination
- Fire and Spill Control
- Considerations for Lithium Battery and Electric Vehicle (EV) Fires
- BLEVE and Heat Induced Tear
- BLEVE – Safety Precautions
- Criminal or Terrorist Use of Chemical, Biological and Radiological Agents
- Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Safe Stand-Off Distance
- Glossary
- Publication Data
- Canada and United States National Response Centers
- ERAP – Emergency Response Assistance Plans
- 24-Hour Emergency Response Telephone Numbers
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