2016 Emergency Response Guidebook

PHMSA's 2016 Emergency Response Guidebook provides first responders with a go-to manual to help deal with hazmat transportation accidents during the critical first 30 minutes. DOT's goal is to place an ERG in every public emergency service vehicle nationwide. To date, nearly 14.5 million free copies have been distributed to the emergency response community through state emergency management coordinators. Members of the public may purchase a copy of the ERG through the GPO Bookstore and other commercial suppliers.

Fire Engineering magazine -- Article: What's New with the 2016 Emergency Response Guide by Steven L. Hermann  07/08/2016  http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/2016/07/2016-emergency-response-guidebook.html

" Thhe release of the newly revised 2016 Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG, the country's most widely used hazarodous materials reference, has been anticipated for months by thousands of fire departments across the U.S. and Canada.  ... The revised ERG2016 includes general updates to the ERG2012, expanded sections and hundreds of technical changes, but no major revisions.  The guidebook retains its strongest asset-- the use of vital, nontechnical, easy-to-follow information in a brief, practical form." 

"Your emergency service vehicle should always contain a copy of this book, which has become one of the most popular publications ever printed by the U.S. Government" 

Fire Rescue 1  Article: DOT releases new Emergency Response Guidebook  April 28, 2016   https://www.firerescue1.com/Firefighter-Training/articles/85564018-DOT-releases-new-Emergency-Response-Guidebook/

"The 2016 ERG provides first responders with a go-to manual to help deal with hazmat transportation incidents during the critical first 30 minutes.  ....  The ERG is an invaluable tool during the initial stages of any hazmat transportation emergency."

FleetOwner Blog  Trucks at Work -- Article-- Emergencies by the book; the ERG book that is....by Sean Kilcarr in Trucks at Work - February 23, 2016  http://fleetowner.com/blog/emergencies-book-erg-book

"Truck drivers hauling hazmat shipments would get more direct benefits, assuming they aren't incapacitated in the crash  ... truck drivers should note the updated hazardous materials listing (totaling 3,500 different materials ) and a flow chart in the front of the book intended to help first-responders and truck drivers alike find recommended hazmat clean0up actions faster. "