It’s Time to Add a Red Section to the DOT ERG
By Gary Sharp The Emergency Response Guidebook needs a new “red section” added to provide more detailed information on hazardous materials that can suffer some manner of an explosion or energetic reaction such as detonations, deflagrations, polymerizations, BLEVEs, heat-induced-tears, and other sudden energetic reactions. Numerous case studies have shown that explosions are a leading cause …