Emergency Response Guidebook 2008.
by Cloutier, Michel
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The Emergency Response Guidebook 2008 (ERG2008) is being developed
jointly by Transport Canada, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and
the Secretariat of Transport and Communications of Mexico with the
collaboration of Centro de Informacion Quimica para Emergencias
(CIQUIME) of Argentina. It is primarily a guide to aid first responders
in quickly identifying the specific or generic hazards of the
material(s) involved in the incident, and protecting themselves and the
general public during the initial response phase of the incident.
ERG2008 should be made available to each fire, police, and
ambulance (emergency basic response) vehicle to promote public safety
and harmonize dangerous goods initial response.
In Canada, approximately 100,000 copies of ERG2008 will be printed
by Transport Canada and given to the provincial/territorial coordinators
for distribution. Commercial printers are expected to publish more than
6,000,000 copies of the guidebook for sale to the trucking and rail
industries as well as other transportation organizations. For a complete
list of the distributors or to download a database version of the
guidebook, please visit CANUTEC at
www.tc.gc.ca/canutec/en/guide/guide.htm.
Under the NAFTA initiative, ERG2008 is published in English,
French, and Spanish for distribution within Canada, the U.S., and
Mexico. It has also been translated to other languages and is used in
several countries around the world.
Michel Cloutier, Transport Canada
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