The 2024 Emergency Response Guidebook, ERG guide helps satisfy 49 CFR 172.602 DOT requirement. This requirement states that hazmat shipments be accompanied by emergency response info. This standard sized ERG aids in emergency preparedness, planning, and training with ERGs numerically indexed and color-coded to help emergency responders find vital information fast. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) released a comprehensive summary of the 2024 updates. Most significantly a QR code on the back cover that provides access to critical incident reporting information. Additional changes include: White Section- 1. Removing outdated Marine Pollutant marking & yellow Division 5.2 placard. 2. New descriptive text in Road Trailer ID Chart. 3. Adding a cryogenic railcar to Railcar ID Chart. 4. Adding a table to decide if evacuation or shelter-in-place is best. 5. All Criminal or Terrorist Use of Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Agents mentions in their own section. Chemical Warfare Agents (CWA) listed based on their type and symptoms. 6. 14 new terms in glossary. Yellow/Blue Section- 1. 11 new UN numbers, removing 8 obsolete UN numbers. 2. Changing the guide number to 19 materials to ensure they are assigned to the appropriate Orange guide. 3. Adding the polymerization hazard (P) to UN3302 - 2-Dimethylaminoethyl acrylate, Stabilized. Orange Section- 1. Moving general first aid a new General First Aid section, keeping only material-specific recommendations in this section. 2. Adding, expanding, removing, or revising the safety and response information in 15 guides. Green Section- 1. Revised distances in Table 1 and Table 3.
- The 2024 ERG guide helps satisfy 49 CFR 172.602 DOT requirement. This requirement states that hazmat shipments be accompanied by emergency response info.
- Standard sized book aids in emergency preparedness, planning, and training with ERGs numerically indexed and color-coded to help emergency responders find vital information fast.
- 2024 Updates: The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) released a comprehensive summary of updates. Most significantly a QR code on the back cover that provides access to critical incident reporting information.
- Other changes for 2024 have been made to continue to provide the most accurate emergency response information to help all front-line persons and all first responders stay safe during transportation emergencies.
- Specifications: 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" Standard Size, English, Spiralbound. Copyright 2024.
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