Scenario: You arrive on scene of a TC (traffic collision) involving a flat bed truck. Using your binoculars, you can see a white powder over the entire TC scene, and a red and white striped placard that reads, "Flammable Solid." Question: You are unable to ID the product in any other way. Treating this as a hazmat incident, what ERG Guide Page would you use?

Page 134

Explanation:

The Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) is Guidebook for First Responders During the Initial Phase of a Dangerous Goods/Hazardous Materials Transportation Incident.

It is used by firefighters, paramedics and police officers (I.e Emergency response personnel) in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

They use it when responding to a transportation emergency that involves hazardous materials. Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia are some of the other countries that have started using the ERG.

The ERG is produced by the United States Department of Transportation, Transport Canada, and the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (Mexico). The ERG teaches emergency response personnel what do at different emergencies.

Page 134 of the ERG talks about what to do when flammable objects that are being transported to a destination is involved in an accident. It also talks about;

What to do when there is Fire outbreak or Explosion

Protective clothing

First Aid to be administered while waiting for other emergency responders.