# Emergency Response Guidebook 2024

- **operation:** document
- **citation:** ERG 2024, Emergency Response Guidebook 2024
- **title:** Emergency Response Guidebook 2024
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** U.S. DOT / Transport Canada / SICT
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2024-04-04
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** Official ERG2024 emergency response guidebook 2024 guidance, pages 1-2.
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A guidebook intended for use by first responders
during the initial phase of a transportation incident
involving hazardous materials/dangerous goods
2024
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
GUIDEBOOK

SHIPPING PAPERS (DOCUMENTS)
For the purpose of this guidebook, shipping documents and shipping papers are
synonymous. Shipping papers provide vital information regarding the hazardous materials/
dangerous goods to initiate protective actions. A consolidated version of the information
found on shipping papers may be found as follows:
•
Road – kept in the cab of a motor vehicle
•
Rail – kept in possession of a crew member
•
Aviation – kept in possession of the pilot or aircraft employees
•
Marine – kept in a holder on the bridge of a vessel
Information provided:
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4-digit identification number, UN or NA (go to yellow section)
•
Proper shipping name (go to blue section)
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Hazard class or division number of material
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Packing group
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Emergency response telephone number
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Information describing the hazards of the material (entered on or attached to the
shipping paper)*
EMERGENCY CONTACT
1-000-000-0000
EXAMPLE OF EMERGENCY
CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER
CONTRACT #: XX-XXXX-X **
HAZARD CLASS
OR DIVISION NO.
QUANTITY
NO. & TYPE
OF PACKAGES
UN1219 ISOPROPANOL 12 000 LITERS
3 II
1 TANKTRUCK
ID NUMBER SHIPPING NAME PACKING GROUP
EXAMPLE OF PLACARD AND PANEL WITH ID NUMBER
The 4-digit ID Number may be shown on the diamond-shaped placard or on an adjacent
orange panel displayed on the ends and sides of a cargo tank, vehicle or rail car.
A Numbered
Placard OR
A Placard
and an
Orange Panel
*
**
In the United States, this requirement may be satisfied by attaching a guide from the ERG2024 to the shipping paper, or
by having the entire guidebook available for reference.
In the United States, a registration or contract number may be required on a shipping paper.
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