Emergency Response Guidebook

Brown,D. F., Dunn, W. E. and A. J. Polieastro, 1994a Statistical Determination of Downwind Concentration Decay for the 1993 Emergency Response Guidebook, University of Dlinois, Urbana, IL,... 

DOT. 1996. 1996 North American emergency response guidebook. U.S. Department of Transportation. 

Brown, D.F., A.J. Policastro, W.E. Dunn, R. A. Carhart, M. A. Lazaro, W. A. Freeman, and M. Krumpolc. Development of the Table of Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances for the 2000 Emergency Response Guidebook, Argonne National Laboratory Report No. ANL/DIS-00-1. October 2000. Buckles, L.C. and S.M. Lewis. "S-(2-Diisopropylamino-ethyl)0-ethyl methylphosphonothioate Stabilized with Soluble Carbodiimides," United States Patent 4012464, September 24,1965. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Case Definition Nerve Agents or Organophosphates." March 15,2005. 

Isolation and protective action distances listed below are taken from Argonne National Laboratory Report No. ANL/DIS-00-1, Development of the Table of Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances for the 2000 Emergency Response Guidebook, which is still the basis... 

Transport Canada, United States Department of Transportation, Secretariat of Transport and Communications of Mexico. 2004 Emergency Response Guidebook. 

ERG 2004 Emergency Response Guidebook number. As in the Guidebook, the letter "P" following the guide number indicates that the material has a significant risk of violent polymerization if not properly stabilized. 

Risk assessment using computer software (ALOHA, ARIPAR, etc), database of toxic substances (NIOSH, ERICards) or other methods for mitigation of spill or release (Emergency Response Guidebook 2000) Logistics should be provided with proper equipment and means for... 

DOT Identification Numbers Four-digit numbers proceeded by UN (United Nations) or NA (North American) that are used to identify the particular hazardous materials for regulation of transportation (e.g., the UN code number for chlorine trifluoride is UN1749). Haz Mat Response Teams (HMRTs) often refer to such numbers to identify specific chemicals listed in the Department of Transportation s Emergency Response Guidebook Double Gloving An additional set of gloves worn in addition to the already in-place protection. 

Emergency Response Guidebook A manual for first responders during the initial phase of a hazardous materials/dangerous goods incident developed under the supervision of the Office Hazardous Materials Issues and Training, Research Special Programs Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. 

North American Emergency Response Guidebook (A Guidebook for First Responders During the Initial Phase of a Hazardous Materials/Dangerous Goods Incident). Washington, D.C. U.S. Department of Transportation/Transport Canada/the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation for Mexico, 2000. 

Nationwide emergency response and advisory services can be called to obtain a manufacturing contact, when one is not known for a specific chemical. These include the services listed in Table 4.4. Other services are also available, such as those listed in the 2000 Emergency Response Guidebook (DOT 2000). 

Environmental Protection Agency (USA) emergency response guidebook electron spin resonance field desorption mass spectrometry flow injection analysis flame ionization detection/detector fluorescence detection/detector Xylenol Orange-ferric complex final ozonide... 

TABLE 7. Relevant guides for emergency procedures for various types of hazardous materials in the Emergency Response Guidebook ... 

Emergency Response Guidebook, 747 Emission quantum yields, chemiluminescence, 1221, 1222-3... 

Office of Hazardous Materials Transportation, U.S. Department ofTransportation, Emergency Response Guidebook. Available through the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) U.S. Government Bookstores. Updated every three years. 

DOT ERP U.S. Department of Transportation Emergency Response Guidebook P = Priority DOT ERG Chemical 0 = Other ERG Chemical... 

More detailed information may also be provided to those exposed to hazardous chemicals. In the workplace, for example, material safety data sheets (MSDSs) may be available. In the transport sector, a document such as the North American Emergency Response Guidebook may supplement the information on placards or markings. The details on these information documents vary from system to system for the same chemical. 

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