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Chemical Transportation Emergency Center
CHEMTREC® (Chemical Transportation Emergency Center) was established by the chemical industry as a public service for fire fighters, law enforcement, and other emergency responders to obtain information and assistance for emergency incidents involving chemicals and hazardous materials. It acts as a 7/24 HAZ MAT Emergency Communications Center.
Chemical Spill.org
Emergency planning for chemical spills – site offers comprehensive information about every thing from Emergency Planning for Chemical Spills to First Responder Awareness. This is a good first stop for high-level information and where to go for specific information and resources. The site was developed as a tutorial and companion piece to the BOLDER Project, and was largely funded by an EPA grant. For more on the BOLDER Project, you might want to go to http://www.epa.gov and enter BOLDER Project on theEPA search engine.
US Chemical Safety Investigation Board
The mission of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is to promote the prevention of major chemical accidents at fixed facilities. Their site incorporates and shares incident information with other government agencies and chemical safety stakeholders to help them and the public understand and be aware of chemical accidents and incidents.
Chemical Incidents Reports Center
CSB's Chemical Incident Reports Center’s site is a new information service. The Chemical Safety Board (CSB) receives initial reports about chemical incidents that have occurred around the world. The information comes from official government sources, the news media, eyewitnesses and others. The CSB incorporates incident information into databases that it maintains and shares incident information with other government agencies and chemical safety stakeholders. Therefore, the Chemical Safety Board has committed resources to create and maintain the Chemical Incident Reports Center (CIRC). This dynamic, searchable online database of chemical incidents, although subject to limitations inherent in any compilation of information of this type, is a good first step in gathering chemical spill intelligence. Information is offered in a multi-lingual format.
EPA Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention
The EPA's CEPPO site provides information to prevent and prepare for chemical emergencies, respond to environmental crises, and inform the public about chemical hazards in their community.
EPA Superfund Emergency Response Team
This EPA site provides this valuable resource for professionals and others interested in how the nation prevents, prepares for, and responds to emergencies involving hazardous substances and oil. The U.S. EPA's Emergency Response Program coordinates and implements a wide range of activities to ensure that adequate and timely response measures are taken in communities affected by hazardous substances and oil releases where state and local first responder capabilities have been exceed or where additional support is needed.
EPA Environmental Response Center
The environmental Response Team site offers general information, response resources, and links to other useful emergency, environmental response sites.
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