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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Name of MaterialGuideUN#ISO
Current as of: Oct. 2, 2011
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
Flammable solid, toxic, inorganic, n.o.s.1343179
Flammable solid, toxic, organic, n.o.s.1342926
Fluoboric acid1541775
Fluorine1241045Yes
Fluorine, compressed1241045Yes
Fluorine, refrigerated liquid (cryogenic liquid) 1679192Yes
Fluoroacetic acid1542642
Fluoroanilines1532941
Fluorobenzene1302387
Fluoroboric acid1541775
Fluorophosphoric acid, anhydrous1541776
Fluorosilicates, n.o.s.1512856
Fluorosilicic acid1541778
Fluorosulfonic acid1371777
Fluorosulphonic acid1371777
Fluorotoluenes1302388
Fluosilicic acid1541778
Formaldehyde, solution, flammable1321198
Formaldehyde, solutions (Formalin) 1321198
Formaldehyde, solutions (Formalin) (corrosive) 1322209
Formic acid1531779

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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