Forthwith, the people that have hazardous materials for transportation have the responsibility to provide an emergency response telephone number to the carrier. Also, he shall include the area code altogether with the number.
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As it is regulated with the §172.604 the emergency response number must be a person who is familiar and knowledgeable with the hazardous materials.
That is to say, the person who is behind that telephone number must be ready at any time to give a comprehensive emergency response and to provide the hazmat truck driver with an incident mitigation information.
In general, the telephone number must fulfill few requirements. The first requirement for the telephone number is the monitoring. The telephone number that the shipper provides must be monitored all the time.
Later on, the telephone number shall be the number of the person who is offering the hazardous material; that person shall also be sure that the trucking company has received the proper information about the hazardous materials before they even start the transportation process.
Incident Reporting
If the truck driver who is performing hazmat transportation is not experienced and careful enough he might experience an incident. We all know the complexity of hazardous materials, and at the same time, we know that the hazardous materials, in fact, are the most hazardous when are released.
