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Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)

Overview
...Helps You Find Emergency Procedures Quickly

 

The Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG2008) was developed jointly by the US Department of Transportation, Transport Canada, and the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation of Mexico (SCT) for use by firefighters, police, and other emergency services personnel who may be the first to arrive at the scene of a transportation incident involving a hazardous material. It is primarily a guide to aid first responders in (1) quickly identifying the specific or generic classification of the material(s) involved in the incident, and (2) protecting themselves and the general public during this initial response phase of the incident. The ERG is updated every three to four years to accommodate new products and technology. The next version is scheduled for 2012.

DOT's goal is to place one ERG2008 in each emergency service vehicle, nationwide, through distribution to state and local public safety authorities. To date, nearly eleven million copies have been distributed without charge to the emergency response community. Copies are made available free of charge to public emergency responders through State Coordinators (refer to the menu on the right) in the United States of America. In Canada, contact CANUTEC at 613-992-4624 or via email at canutec@tc.gc.ca for distribution information. In Mexico, call SCT at 52-5-684-1275. Copies are also available commercially through the GPO Bookstore and other commercial vendors.

Keep information on hazardous material handling close at hand.

To view/print the Guide Page(s) corresponding to the material you are shipping click on the appropriate link to the right.

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Department of Defense (DOD) Points of Contact for Emergency Response Guidebook 2008

Lisa Taylor - (757) 878-8049
C.E. Radford - (757) 878-8040


Provide Comments About ERG

PHMSA welcomes constructive comments for improvements to the ERG2008. Comments can be sent either through this ERG Comment Form or in writing to the Office of Hazardous Materials Initiatives and Training, PHH-50, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE East Building, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20590.


[NOTE: Some of the attached documents are in PDF format, you can download a free viewer.  If you have problems accessing the PDFs or the information, report your problem for further assistance.]

Before an Emergency
Become Familiar with the Emergency Response Guidebook

 

Under a Cooperative Agreement with the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), the International Association of Fire Chiefs produced a video to explain how to use the Emergency Response Guidebook 2008.

Look for the video under "Related Links" on the menu on the right. → → →

Information on how to order this video on DVD will be made available later this Fall.

State Coordinators

Alabama
Terry DeVaughn
Alabama Emergency Management Agency
5898 County Road 41
Clanton, AL 35046
P: 205-280-2245
F: 205-280-2443
terry.devaughn@ema.alabama.gov

Alaska
Wanice Cowles
Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management
P.O. Box 5750
Fort Richardson, AK 99505
P: 907.428.7000, Ext. 7042
F: 907.428.7009
wanice.cowles@alaska.gov

American Samoa
Michael R. Sala
Department of Homeland Security
American Samoa Government
P.O. Box 4567
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799
P: 684.633.2827
F: 684.633.2979
MRSALA@samoatelco.com

Arizona
Mark Howard
Arizona Emergency Response Commission
5636 East McDowell Road
Phoenix, AZ 85008
P: 602.231.6345
F: 602.392.7519
Mark.Howard@azdema.gov

Arkansas
Kenny Harmon
Arkansas Department of Emergency Management
Building #9501
Camp Joseph T. Robinson
NLR, AR 72199
P: 501.683.6752
F: 501.683.7890
kenny.harmon@adem.arkansas.gov

California
Fred Mehr
Governor's Office of Emergency Services
Hazardous Materials Unit
3650 Schriever Ave.
Mather, CA 95655
P: 916.845.8754
F: 916.845.8734
fred.mehr@oes.ca.gov

Colorado
Jack D. Cobb
Colorado Division of Emergency Management
9195 E. Mineral Ave.
Suite 200
Centennial, CO 80112
P: 720.852.6603
F: 720.852.6755
jack.cobb@state.co.us

Connecticut
John P. Doucette
Connecticut Department of Public Safety
Office of State Fire Marshall
1111 Country Club Road
Middletown, CT 06457
P: 860.685.8350
F: 860.685.8359
John.Doucette@po.state.ct.us

Delaware
Robert P. Newnam
Delware State Fire School
1461 Chestnut Grove Road
Dover, DE 19904
P: 302.739.4773
F: 302.739.6245
Robert.P.Newnam@state.de.us

District of Columbia
Battalion Fire Chief James E. Dugan
DC Homeland Security & Emergency Management Agency
2720 Martin Luther King Avenue SE
Room 200
Washington, DC 20032
P: 202.481.3052
F: 202.715.7284
james.dugan@dc.gov

Florida
Roy Dunn
Florida Division of Emergency Management
2555 Shumard Oak Blvd.
Tallahassee, FL 32399
P: 850.922.4442
F: 850.410.2341
Roy.Dunn@em.myflorida.com

Georgia
Bryan E. Adams
Georgia Emergency Management Agency
1000 Indian Springs Drive
Forsyth, GA 31029
P: 478.993.4618
F: 478.993.4260
bryan.adams@gema.ga.gov

Guam
Captain Joey A. Manibusan
Guam Fire Hazmat Office
P.O. Box 9274
Dededo, Guam 96912
P: 671.637.1622
F: 671.472.3360
jamanibusan@firehousemail.com

Hawaii
David H. Smith
Hawaii Department of Defense
State Civil Defense Division
3949 Diamond Head Road
Honolulu, HI 96816-4495
P: 808.733.4300, Ext.576
F: 808.733.4287
dsmith@scd.hawaii.gov

Idaho
Mary G. Halverson
Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security
4040 Guard Street
Bldg. 600
Boise, ID 83705-5004
P: 208.422.5723
F: 208.422.4485
mhalverson@bhs.idaho.gov

Illinois
Janie Martin
Illinois Emergency Management Agency
2200 S. Dirksen Parkway
Springfield, IL 62703
P: 217.557.4770
F: 217.557.1978
janie.martin@illinois.gov

Indiana
John Buckman
Indiana Department of Homeland Security
Training Division
302 W. Washington Street
Room E-208
Indianapolis, IN 46204
P: 317.417.3695
F: 317.234.0736
jbuckman@dhs.in.gov

Iowa
Captain Dean House
Office of Motor Vehicle Enforcement
P.O. Box 10473
Des Moines, IA 50306
P: 515.237.3278
F: 515.237.3387
dean.house@dot.iowa.gov

Kansas
Jennifer Clark
Kansas Division of Emergency Management
2800 SW Topeka Blvd
Topeka, KS 66611-1287
785.274.1394
785.274.1426
jennifer.clark@tag.ks.gov

Kentucky
Wayne Mullannix
Kentucky Division of Emergency Management
100 Minuteman Parkway
Frankfort, KY 40601
P: 502.607.5733
F: 502.229.3307
wayne.mullannix@us.army.mil

Louisiana
Gene Dunegan
LSP/TESS/RTK
7919 Independence Blvd
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
P: 225.925.6113 Ext. 226
F: 225.925.4048
Gene.Dunegan@dps.la.gov

Maine
Robert S. Gardner
Maine Emergency Management Agency
72 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
P: 207.624.4400
F: 207.287.3178
robert.s.gardner@maine.gov

Maryland
Beth Stone
Maryland Emergency Management Agency
5401 Rue Saint Lo Drive
Reisterstown, MD 21136
P: 410-517-5129
F: 410-517-3610
estone@mema.state.md.us

Massachusetts
Elaine K.M. Denniston
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
400 Worcester Road
Framingham, MA 01702-5399
P: 508.820.1447
F: 508.820.2030
elaine.denniston@state.ma.us

Michigan
David R. Peterson
Michigan Association of Fire Chiefs
4343 Plainfield, NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49525
P: 616.361.2895
F: 616.364.1187
chief@plainfieldfire.org

Minnesota
Gary Hendrickson
Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency Management
444 Cedar Street
Suite 223
St. Paul, MN 55101
P: 651.201.7447
F: 651.296.0459
gary.hendrickson@state.mn.us

Mississippi
Harrell B. Neal
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency
P.O. Box 5644
Pearl, MS 39208
P: 601.933.6369
F: 601.933.6815
hneal@mema.ms.gov

Missouri
Dawn Warren
Missouri Emergency Response Commission
P.O. Box 3133
Jefferson City, MO 65101
P: 573.526.9237
F: 573.526.9261
dawn.warren@sema.dps.mo.gov

Montana
Sheri Lanz
Montana, Disaster and Emergency Services
P.O. Box 4789
FT. Harrison, MT 59636
P: 406.841.3969
F: 406.841.3965
sheris@mt.gov

Nebraska
Lieutenant Carla Schreiber
Nebraska State Patrol
1600 Highway 2
Lincoln, NE 68502
P: 402.479.4911
F: 402.479.4002
cschreib@nsp.state.ne.us

Nevada
Gary S. Derks
Nevada Emergency Management
2478 Fairview Drive
Carson City, NV 89711
P: 775.687.0300
F: 775.687.0322
gderks@dps.state.nv.us

New Hampshire
Les A. Cartier
New Hampshire State Fire Marshal's Office
33 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03305
P: 603.271.3294
F: 603.271.3206
Leslie.Cartier@dos.nh.gov

New Jersey
Trooper Chris Pereira
New Jersey State Police
Special Operations Section
1001 Fire Academy Drive
Sayreville, NJ 08872
P: 732.721.4040
F: 732.721.4672
lpp6008@gw.njsp.org

New Mexico
Don Shainin
New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
13 Bataan Blvd.
Santa Fe, NM 87504
P: 505.476.9628
F: 505.476.9695
don.shainin@state.nm.us

New York
Brenda Gausby
New York State Emergency Management Office
1220 Washington Avenue
Bldg. 22, Suite 101
Albany, NY 12226
P: 518.292.2302
F: 518.322.4986
brenda.gausby@semo.state.ny.us

North Carolina
Randolph Harrison
NC Crime Control and Public Safety
NC Division of Emergency Management
116 West Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
P: 919.733.3327
F: 919.733.2860
rharrison@ncem.org

North Dakota
Raymond Lambert
State Fire Marshal
P.O. Box 1054
Bismarck, ND 58502
P: 701.328.5555
F: 701.328.5510
rlambert@nd.gov

Ohio
Frank Conway
Ohio Fire Academy
8895 East Main Street
Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
P: 614.752.7103
F: 614.752.7111
frank.conway@com.state.oh.us

Oklahoma
Jeff W. Chalmers II
Oklahoma Emergency Management
Sequoyah-Will Rogers Tunnel
P.O. Box 53365
Oklahoma City, OK 73152
P: 405.521.2481
F: 405.521.4053
jeff.chalmers@oem.ok.gov

Oregon
Terry Wolfe
Office of the State Fire Marshall
4760 Portland Road, NE
Salem, OR 97305
P: 503.373.1540 Ext. 219
F: 503.373.1825
terry.wolfe@state.or.us

Pennsylvania
Henry Tamanini
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency
Bureau of Plans, Technological Hazards Division
2605 Interstate Drive
Harrisburg, PA 17110
P: 717.651.2214
F: 717.651.2240
hetamanini@state.pa.us

Puerto Rico
Samuel Rodríguez Burgos
Puerto Rico Public Service Commission
P.O. Box 190870
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00919
P: 787.756.1919 Ext. 2512
F: 787.758.6264
srodriguez@csp.gobierno.pr

Rhode Island
John Washburn
Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency
645 New London Ave.
Cranston, RI 02970
P: 401.461.8260
F: 401.944.1891
john.washburn4@us.army.mil

South Carolina
Randall Jenkins
South Carolina Emergency Management Division
2779 Fish Hatchery Road
West Columbia, SC 29172
P: 803.737.8838
F: 803.737.8570
rjenkins@emd.state.sc.us

South Dakota
Bob Van Winsen
Department of Public Safety
Office of Emergency Management
118 West Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501
P: 605.773.3231
F: 605.773.3580
bob.vanwinsen@state.sd.us

Tennessee
Tim Holden
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency
3041 Sidco Drive
P.O. Box 41502
Nashville, TN 37204
P: 615.741.2128
F: 615.741.4173
tholden@tnema.org

Texas
James H. Ogden, Jr.
Texas Department of Public Safety
Governor’s Division of Emergency Management
P. O. Box 4087
Austin, TX 78773
P: 512.424.5677
F: 512.424.5637
jim.ogden@txdps.state.tx.us

U.S Virgin Islands
Barbara J. McIntosh
Virgin Islands Office of Highway Safety
Patrick Sweeney Headquarters
RR-02 Kingshill
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands 00850
P: 340.772.3025 or 340.778.2244, Ext. 4705
F: 340.772.2626
wyllie11@hotmail.com or admin@viohs.com

Utah
Rick Carlile
Fire Marshal Office
Larry H. Miller Training Academy
Hazardous Materials Institute
410 West 9800 South
Sandy, Utah 84070
P: 801.599.2100
F: 801.256.2495
rcarlile@utah.gov

Vermont
Randall Bronson
EMAC Region 1 LSR
Vermont Emergency Management
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05671
P: 802.244.8721
F: 802.241.5556
rbronson@dps.state.vt.us

Virginia
Gregory F. Britt
Virginia Department of Emergency Management
10501 Trade Court
Richmond, VA 23236
P: 804.897.6500 Ext. 6578
F: 804.897.6576
gregory.britt@VDEM.Virginia.gov

Washington
Ron Wilson
Military Department
Emergency Management Division
Building 20
Campy Murray, WA 98430
P: 253.512.7069
F: 253.512.7207
R.Wilson@emd.wa.gov

West Virginia
Paul Howard
WV Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management
1900 Kanawha Boulevard
Bldg 1 / Room EB-80
Charleston, WV 25305
P: 304.558.5380
F: 304.344.4538
paul.s.howard@wv.gov

Wisconsin
Steve Fenske
Wisconsin Emergency Management
2400 Wright Street
Madison, WI 53704
P: 608.242.3228
F: 608.242.3249
steve.fenske@wisconsin.gov

Wyoming
Scott W. Ramsay
Wyoming Office of Homeland Security
2421 East 7th Street
Cheyenne, WY 82001
P: 307.777.4951
F: 307.638.7670
sramsa@state.wy.us

Argonne National Laboratory Report

Development of the Table of Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances for the 2008 Emergency Response Guidebook.

Click the Argonne National Laboratory Report (PDF) in the menu on the right to read the report.

ERG Data Files (XLS)
ERG2008 Mobile Software Downloads

ERG 2008 CoverERG2008 Mobile is a software version of the ERG2008 featuring powerful search capabilities and a convenient, easy to use interface. This software can be downloaded and installed on Microsoft Windows PCs and Windows Mobile PDAs/phones.


Microsoft Windows

This version of the download is for Microsoft Windows PCs.

Click here to download a setup program (EXE) that will install ERG2008 Mobile for Windows on your Microsoft Windows PC.

Click here to view a README containing system requirements, installation instructions, and release notes.

Windows Mobile: Touch Screen

This download is for Windows Mobile devices (including phones) that have a touch screen (use a stylus). The version of Windows Mobile for touch screen devices is typically referred to as Pocket PC, Classic, or Professional.

Click here to download and execute the setup program (EXE) on the PC with which you synchronize the device.

Click here to view a README containing system requirements, installation instructions, and release notes.

Windows Mobile: Non-touch Screen (Smartphone)

This download is for Windows Mobile phones that do not have a touch screen. The version of Windows for non-touch screen devices is typically referred to as Smartphone or Standard.

Click here to download and execute the setup program (EXE) on the PC with which you synchronize the device.

Click here to view a README containing system requirements, installation instructions, and release notes.

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