HOW TO HANDLE ACCIDENTS INVOLVING DANGEROUS CARGO

THE AMERICAN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION HAS PREPARED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ALL STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE NATION A SERIES OF 11 POLICE INTEREST BULLETINS ADVISING WHAT TO DO IN CASES OF HIGHWAY EMERGENCIES INVOLING TRUCKS CARRYING DANGEROUS CARGOES. THE BULLETINS SPELL OUT EXACTLY WHAT A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SHOULD DO WHEN ARRIVING AT THE SCENE OF A HIGHWAY EMERGENCY INVOLVING A CARGO OF EXPLOSIVES AND BLASTING AGENTS, POISONOUS SUBSTANCES, RADIO-ACTIVE AND FISSIONABLE MATERIALS, ETIOLOGICAL AGENTS /DISEASE-CAUSING AGENTS LISTED BY THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE AND REGULATED BY THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION/, UNSTABLE /REACTIVE/ CHEMICALS, ROCKET PROPELLANTS, CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS /ETHYELENE, OXYGEN, HYDROGEN, ETC./. THE NEW BULLETINS ARE ANOTHER STEP IN A TWO-FOLD PROGRAM DEVELOPED TO ENACT A UNIFORM COOPERATIVE SYSTEM OF SOUND CONTROLS AND REASONABLE SAFEGUARDS REGARDING THE TRANSPORTATION OF EXTRA-HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WITHIN EACH STATE, BETWEEN THE STATES, AND BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND A TRAINING FOLLOW-UP TO PROVIDE A COOPERATIVE FIRE-EXPLOSION AND HEALTH-SAFETY INDOCTRINATION PROGRAM THAT WOULD BETTER COORDINATE AND EXPEDITE THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COURSE OF SUCH EMERGENCIES. /AUTHOR/

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00410721
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 66,no 7,P 21
• Publication Date: 1966-7

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Traffic Safety (Chicago)
  • Publisher: National Safety Council
  • ISSN: 0041-0721

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chemicals; Commodities; Cryogenics; Documents; Explosives; Federal government; Fire fighting; Fission; Freight transportation; Interstate transportation; Poisons; Police; Radioactive materials; Reactive aggregates; Regional transportation; Traffic crashes
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Fission products
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219895
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 20 1994 12:00AM