North American Emergency Response Guidebook

DOT. 1996. 1996 North American emergency response guidebook. 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. 

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. 

In general, none have been established. See individual compounds in the North American Emergency Response Guidebook. 

See the Table of Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances in the North American Emergency Response Guidebook for highlighted substances. For non-highlighted substances, increase, in the downwind direction, as necessary, the isolation distance shown in the "Public Safety" section above. 

Transport Canada, United States Department of Transportation, Secretariat of Transport and Communications of Mexico, 1996 North American Emergency Response Guidebook. 

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