LOCAL RESPONSE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS

The issues discussed in this Information Bulletin include: Planning for responses to hazardous materials incidents and accidents; Coordination of local regulations with Federal regulations to prevent conflicts that could disrupt interstate transportation; Establishing specialized emergency response teams to handle accidents and incidents involving hazardous materials; and, Financing approaches to local data collection on hazardous materials transportation, the maintenance of a local database, and the ongoing operation of an emergency response team. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Public Technology, Incorporated

  1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20004

  AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety

  2990 Telestar Court, Suite 100
  Falls Church, VA  United States  22042
• Publication Date: 1986-2

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contingency planning; Cooperation; Databases; Disasters and emergency operations; Federal government; Hazardous materials; Local government; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Emergency response
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00457572
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-040 209
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1990 12:00AM