Emergency Response Guidebook
The Emergency Response Guidebook: A Guidebook for First Responders During the Initial Phase of a Dangerous Goods/Hazardous Materials Transportation Incident (ERG) is used by emergency response personnel (such as firefighters, and police officers) in Canada, Mexico, and the United States when responding to a transportation emergency involving hazardous materials. First responders in Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia have recently began using the ERG as well. It is produced by the Department of Transportation, Transport Canada, and the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (Mexico).
Read more about Emergency Response Guidebook: Guidebook Contents, White Section (front), Yellow Section, Blue Section, Orange Section, Green Section, White Section (back)
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