The Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) provides summary information on potential hazards, public safety and emergency response to unintended releases of goods being transported by road, rail, air, water or pipeline.
What is included in the DOT Emergency Response Guidebook?
Basic information on the hazard classification system and the associated placards/labels. Recommendations the proper guides based transporting vehicle types and/or placards (when the material in question cannot be further identified otherwise) General safety precautions.
What is the current emergency response guidebook?
Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) and App. First responders refer to this guide as the ERG; it’s a go-to manual to help manage hazardous material incidents for the first 15 minutes to an hour. It’s compiled by DOT/PHMSA and distributed federally to the states to the local jurisdictions.
What do the colors mean in the ERG?
The ERG is organized into easily recognized colors. WHITE – Introduction, instruction, guidance, placards, and more. YELLOW – Materials ordered by 4-Digit UN/NA Number. BLUE – Materials ordered by dangerous goods material name.
Is the Emergency Response Guidebook required?
No. The Hazardous Materials Regulations do not require the use of an ERG. However, PHMSA has clarified that the most up-to-date emergency response information should be used to satisfy §172.602. The 2020 ERG contains the most up-to-date emergency response information.
How long is 49 CFR good for?
three years
The Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) require every hazmat employer to train, test, and certify every hazmat employee before the employee performs any function subject to the HMR. Recurrent/refresher training is required at least once every three years.
What is the primary hazard for guide 168?
TOXIC; Extremely Hazardous. Inhalation extremely dangerous; may be fatal. Contact with gas or liquefied gas may cause burns, severe injury and/or frostbite.
What are the three sections found on the Orange Guide pages in the ERG?
at the begging in of ERG, numerically sequenced listing of 4-digit hazardous materials identification number, followed by three digit emergency response guide number and the name of the material. The guide numbers refer to the orange pages in the book.
What guide is used for unidentified cargo?
Guide 111 is the first guide in the orange section and is used for Mixed Loads or Unidentified Cargoes. Subsequent guides deal with each of the nine UN hazard classes: explosives, compressed gases, flammable liquids, flammable solids, oxidizers, poisons, radioactives, corrosives and miscellaneous hazardous materials.
