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Requirements

The transport regulations require the implementation of proper emergency procedures in the event of any incident that may affect safety during the carriage (off site), loading or unloading (on site) of dangerous goods.

Implementing appropriate emergency response systems allows Solvay to:

• Reduce the real financial and reputational risks of a poorly handled incident.
  
  
• Increase its competitiveness through corporate social responsibility (CSR) or as part of its Responsible Care programme.
  
  
• Emergency procedures must provide effective and efficient management in order to:
  1. Minimize impact to community, property and environment.
  2. Provide adequate resources (internal and external).
  3. Develop and maintain a reliable system that ensures appropriate response time in case of emergencies.
  4. Ensure that each distribution incident is analyzed to identify root causes and lessons learned for prevention.
  5. Be applicable to all transportation modes and to all distribution points (owned or contracted sites).

Emergency Response levels

Usually, three emergency response levels are considered:

• Level 1: providing by phone : information on the hazards of the transported goods and guidance regarding the emergency response to an incident involving those goods
  
  
• Level 2: advising at the scene of the emergency
  
  
• Level 3: sending a squad with material to intervene at the scene of the emergency

Specialized contractors for Level 2/3 response

• The global database of chemical spill responders, ChemRespond ( www.chemrespond.com ) which is free to the Carechem customers

• • Details to access to ChemRespond :

    • User: alain.delzenne@syensqo.com (case sensitive)

    • Pass: adsolvay1

• The recommended suppliers for Level 2 / Level 3 for all the zones are:

  • CHUBB ENVIRONMENTAL INCIDENT ALERT

  • OURAY