ERG

minimum time to empty

is based on and engulfing fire with a properly sized pressure relief valve. If the tank is only partially engulfed then time to empty will increase.

minimum time to failure

is based on severe torch fire impingement on the vapor space of a tank in good condition, and is approximate.

class 6 toxic substances and infectious substances

6.1 toxic substances 6.2 infectious substances

initial isolation zone

an area surrounding the incident in which persons may be exposed to dangerous (upwind) and life-threatening (downwind) concentration of material

protective actions

are those steps taken to preserve the health and safety of emergency responders and the public during an incident involving releases of dangerous goods

0.5% hypochlorite solution

1 part bleach/9 part water

class 1 explosives

1.1 explosives with a mass explosion hazard 1.2 explosives with a projection hazard 1.3 explosives with predominately a fire hazard 1.4 explosives with no significant blast hazard 1.5 very intensive explosives with a mass explosion hazard 1.6 extremely insensitive articles

Orange panel

2-emissions of gas do the pressure or chemical reaction 3-flammability of liquids and gases or self heating liquid 4-flammability of solids or self heating solid 5-oxidizing effect 6-toxicity or risk of infection 7-radioactivity 8-corrosivity 9-risk of spontaneous violent reaction doubling of a digit indicates an intensification of that particular hazard. A hazard identification number prefixed by the X indicates that the substance will react dangerously with water.

class 2 gases

2.1 flammable gases 2.2 nonflammable, non-toxic gases 2.3 toxic gases The words poison or poisonous are synonymous with the word toxic

class 4 flammable solids. Spontaneously combustible materials and dangerously when wet materials/water reactive substances

4.1 flammable solids 4.2 spontaneously combustible materials 4.3 water reactive substances/dangerous when wet materials

class 5 oxidizing substances and organic peroxides

5.1 oxidizing substances 5.2 organic peroxide

initial isolation distance

A distance within which all persons should be considered for evacuation in all directions from the actual spill/leak source. small liquid spilled <208 L <55 gallons small solids <300 kg <660 pounds large liquids spilled >208 L >55 gallons large solids >300 kg >660 pounds

BLEVE

Boiling, Liquid, Expanding, Vapor, Explosion

Green bordered pages

List by ID number order, TIH materials, including certain chemical warfare agents and water reactive material which produce toxic gases upon contact with water. contains three tables

Pipeline transportation

Miles of underground pipelines and related structures that contain natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, anhydrous ammonia, carbon dioxide, jet fuel and other commodities

protective action zone

an area downwind from the incident in which persons may become incapacitated and unable to take protective action and/or incur serious or irreversible health effects

class 8 corrosive substances

corrosive

bleve hazards

fire thermal radiation from fire blast projectiles

class 3 flammable liquids and combustible liquids

flammable liquids and combustible liquids

Yellow bordered pages

index a list of dangerous goods in numerical order of ID number. displays the 4 digit ID number of the material followed by it's assigned emergency response guide and the material name.

Blue bordered pages

index list of dangerous goods in alphabetical order of material name. displays the names of the materials followed by its assigned emergency response guide and 4 digit ID number

toxic inhalation hazard

it is a gas of volatile liquid which is known to be so toxic to humans to us pose a hazard to health during transportation, or in the absence of adequate data on human toxicity, is presumed to be toxic to human because when tested on laboratory animals it has a lethal concentration 50(lc50) value of not more than 5000 ppm

class 9 miscellaneous hazardous material/products, substances or organisms

miscellaneous

Orange bordered pages

most important section of the guidebook because it is where all safety recommendations are provided. 62 individual guides. The first section describes potential hazards that may display in terms of fire/explosion and health effects upon exposure. Left side of page provides public safety measures. Right side of page provides emergency response actions.

62 guide sections

non-TIH -36 TIH and non-TIH -21 TIH or WRM -5

Shelter in place

people should seek shelter inside a building and remain inside until the danger passes

tank cars

product that maybe solids liquids or gases and maybe under pressure The information stenciled on the sides or ends of tankcars may be used to identify the product. -The commodity name shown or -The other information shown will facilitate the identification of the product

class 7 radioactive materials

radioactive

tanks equipped with thermal barriers or Waterspray cooling

significantly increases the time to failure and the times to empty. A thermal barrier can reduce the heat input to a tank by factor of 10 or more. This mean it could take 10 times as long to empty the tank through the pressure relief valve

SFPC

structural firefighters protective clothing

isolate hazard area and deny entry

to keep everybody away from the area if they are not directly involved in emergency response operations

evacuate

to move all people from a threatened area to a safer place

hazard identification numbers

utilize under European and some South American regulations, may be found in the top half of orange panel on some intermodal bulk containers