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My family has always been made up of people who like to read.\u00a0It starts with the little ones being read to by others and generally leads to a love of independent reading later in life. I saw the process start with the next generation during the recent United States\u2019 holiday of Thanksgiving. In order to get the 18-month old to settle down for a nap his father read to him.\u00a0Funny enough, the story was that of Chicken Little<\/em>. For those that don\u2019t remember the story it is about Chicken Little getting hit on the head by an acorn and thinks the sky is falling.\u00a0To protect friends and family the character decides to go tell the king. On the way, Chicken Little meets various friends and proceeds to tell each of them that the sky is falling.\u00a0 Hearing the refrain of \u201cthe sky is falling\u201d said throughout the telling of the story it got me thinking …<\/p>\n What if rather than panicking about the event Chicken Little followed proper procedure?\u00a0When handling hazardous materials there must be plans in place to handle accidents. This includes spills and injuries at your location and more importantly during transport. One such procedure is set in 49 CFR for US ground transportation. In Section 172.604 it states that an emergency response telephone number must be provided for use in an emergency involving a hazardous material. For Canada in the TDG Section 3.5 is where you find the requirements to include a \u201c24-Hour Number\u201d to be used for technical information regarding the transported goods.\u00a0These same requirements for the US and Canada are repeated in the IATA state variations \u2013 USG-12 and CAG-09.<\/p>\n Something to note about these emergency numbers is they must be available at all hours of the day, each day of the week and every day of the year.\u00a0A company number can certainly be used but that can be hard to manage. Many companies then default to using an outside or 3rd<\/sup> Party to handle emergency response.\u00a0Let\u2019s look at a few advantages.<\/p>\n Sounds like a good deal, right?\u00a0Let ICC Compliance Center help you. By registering through us we connect you with INFOTRAC, one of the top 3rd<\/sup> Party systems.\u00a0For a yearly fee and some basic information, you are given the 24-hour number and a contract number to reference in the event of an emergency.\u00a0INFOTRAC will have everything for your company at their fingertips to help you should you need it.\u00a0All of those advantages are waiting for you.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t be the Chicken Little of your company overreacting to emergencies or blowing them out of proportion. Take the lead and be prepared today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" INFOTRAC 24-Hour Emergency Response System My family has always been made up of people who like to read.\u00a0It starts with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12559,"featured_media":205501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2402,3061],"tags":[3124],"class_list":["post-8326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-safety-2","category-services","tag-infotrac"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Sky is… Not Falling?<\/h4>\n
Advantages of a 3rd<\/sup> Party Emergency Response System:<\/h4>\n
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