who got stuck on the bridge yesterday?

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That's a day at the office for me :D

I would be simply tickled on arrival...no trailer with unknown contents, no trailer with placards...just the normal put some wet stuff on the red stuff, stay out of the toxic mess in the air, start by staying back...from the corner...work you way in as the heat comes down and use some foam in line.

gb
 
Greg_B said:
That's a day at the office for me :D

I would be simply tickled on arrival...no trailer with unknown contents, no trailer with placards...just the normal put some wet stuff on the red stuff, stay out of the toxic mess in the air, start by staying back...from the corner...work you way in as the heat comes down and use some foam in line.

gb
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What would you do if the trailer had unknown contents?
Would you bust it open to see inside?
Or just assume the worst (highly flammable or explosive contents), and fight it accordingly?
 
nickw said:
What would you do if the trailer had unknown contents?
Would you bust it open to see inside?
Or just assume the worst (highly flammable or explosive contents), and fight it accordingly?
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Nick, the possibilities are too long to go into in a web response, as are the protocols and standard approach that can come into play...but forgetting all that...as a quick down and dirty here ya go:

Woe be the consigner and shipper who does not have appropriate placarding and a manifest appropriate to the load. My reference to unknown contents was referencing the fact it was an mt trailer. That does bring up Class 9 “Miscellaneous Products, substances or organisms” though. Some others might indicate methyl-ethyl-bad-s***…but Class 9…what’s with that! The Placards are the initial info, then driver is a great initial resource, as is his manifest. Get the UN numbers. Then to Canutecs Emergency Response Guide for a quick initial action guide. The data sheets on board can have valuable info. Calls to the consigner, sometimes the shipper to access their techs, and also CANUTEC to access the staff that is there 24/7 to assist first responders and say what you’ve got for a chemical cocktail. Of course depending on what comes back from the intel and techs things get ramped up…or not.

The potential is there for each one to be very different in action. Only the info gathering process is much the same. Using the info gained on site and from other resources available form a datum, which assists in determining a potential course of action.

Oh ya…binoculars are very handy tools too! :D

I’ve been to some calls where the driver had the time and thought enough to separate the tractor from the trailer, reducing potential threat as it was the tractor that was the issue. Makes our job much easier and safer.

Here are some links if you are inclined:

http://www.uottawa.ca/services/ehss/tdg_placard.htm
http://www.tc.gc.ca/canutec/en/guide/guide.htm
http://www.tc.gc.ca/canutec/en/menu.htm
http://www.tc.gc.ca/tdg/menu.htm

hth’s

gb
 
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