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Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)

This is an online version of the 2008 Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) which is produced by the USDOT for first responders during the initial phase of a Dangerous goods/Hazardous Materials incident. Have you ever wondered what those four digit numbers on the placards on the side of trucks and rail cars mean? Our online ERG will give you your answer.

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Ferric arsenite ==> Flammable solid, toxic, i

Name of MaterialGuideUN#ISO
Current as of: Oct. 2, 2011
Ferric arsenite1511607
Ferric chloride1571773
Ferric chloride, anhydrous1571773
Ferric chloride, solution1542582
Ferric nitrate1401466
Ferrocerium1701323
Ferrosilicon1391408
Ferrous arsenate1511608
Ferrous chloride, solid1541759
Ferrous chloride, solution1541760
Ferrous metal borings, shavings, turnings or cuttings1702793
Fertilizer, ammoniating solution, with free Ammonia1251043
Fiber, animal or vegetable, n.o.s., burnt, wet or damp1331372
Fibers impregnated with weakly nitrated Nitrocellulose, n.o.s.1331353
Fibers, animal or vegetable or synthetic, n.o.s. with oil1331373
Fibers, animal or vegetable, burnt, wet or damp1331372
Fibers, vegetable, dry1333360
Fibres impregnated with weakly nitrated Nitrocellulose, n.o.s.1331353
Fibres, animal or vegetable or synthetic, n.o.s. with oil1331373
Fibres, animal or vegetable, burnt, wet or damp1331372
Fibres, vegetable, dry1333360
Films, nitrocellulose base1331324
Fire extinguisher charges, corrosive liquid1541774
Fire extinguishers with compressed gas1261044
Fire extinguishers with liquefied gas1261044
Firelighters, solid, with flammable liquid1332623
First aid kit1713316
Fish meal, stabilized1712216
Fish meal, stabilized1712216
Fish meal, unstabilized1331374
Fish scrap, stabilized1712216
Fish scrap, stabilized1712216
Fish scrap, unstabilized1331374
Flammable liquid, corrosive, n.o.s1322924
Flammable liquid, n.o.s.1281993
Flammable liquid, poisonous, corrosive, n.o.s.1313286
Flammable liquid, poisonous, n.o.s.1311992
Flammable liquid, toxic, corrosive, n.o.s.1313286
Flammable liquid, toxic, n.o.s.1311992
Flammable solid, corrosive, inorganic, n.o.s.1343180
Flammable solid, corrosive, n.o.s.1342925
Flammable solid, corrosive, organic, n.o.s.1342925
Flammable solid, inorganic, corrosive, n.o.s.1343180
Flammable solid, inorganic, n.o.s.1333178
Flammable solid, n.o.s.1331325
Flammable solid, organic, molten, n.o.s.1333176
Flammable solid, organic, n.o.s.1331325
Flammable solid, oxidizing, n.o.s.1403097
Flammable solid, poisonous, inorganic, n.o.s.1343179
Flammable solid, poisonous, n.o.s.1342926
Flammable solid, poisonous, organic, n.o.s.1342926

Data Source for our online 2008 ERG

This information was compiled from the 2008 Emergency Response Guidebook (2008 ERG) which is produced by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

(Data last updated/verified: Oct. 2, 2011)

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