ERI card

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The ERI cards or Emergency Response Intervention Cards, also known as Traffic Emergency Cards or Tremcards, provide the fire brigade with information about first operational measures if they do not have reliable substance-specific information available when they arrive at the location of a dangerous goods accident . They are issued by CEFIC (Association of the European Chemical Industry) on the basis of the most recent version of the European Agreement on the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road .

history

The foundation stone was laid in 1991 when people were thinking about how to make working with dangerous substances easier or safer for rescue workers. The development of the ERI-Cards system began in 1993, when an international group of chemists and firefighters, with financial support from the European Commission, gathered the first ideas. The ERI cards were first issued in English in 1995. The data were updated in 1998, May 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2013 (after the ADR substances were restructured with current ADR and EAC lists). The latest edition is from April 10, 2015. The ERI cards have been brought into line with ADR 2015 by introducing new UN entries and adjusting the classification data for a number of substances. This mainly resulted in the creation of ERI Cards 9 and 10.

The introduction of the ERI cards in Germany was finally decided at a specialist conference of the German federal states on March 17, 1999 in Ludwigshafen with ten votes against one with five abstentions (one vote per federal state).

task

They were created by the Association of the European Chemical Industry (CEFIC) as a source of information for the fire brigade in order to be used in the event of an accident during the transport of dangerous goods . They contain information on how to handle the respective chemical , explosive or radioactive substances and what special equipment is required. The ERI cards are particularly necessary if there is no further information from the manufacturer about the relevant material.

Structures

There are ERI cards for nine areas ( classes ):
The ERICs of class 1 ( explosives ) are created by the logistics office of the Bundeswehr , the ERICs of class 7 ( radioactive substances ) by the Federal Office for Radiation Protection .

They can either be available in basic format ( DIN A4 folder) in catalog form, accessed in an online database , or used offline as a download. In addition, a paperback edition has now been published.

They are funded by the European Union and can be freely copied. Commercial exploitation is prohibited.

Technical content

The information contained in the Emergency Response Intervention Cards is structured according to a standard format:

  1. Page header with substance name, UN number , hazard identification number (hazard identification number), ADR-Labels , ADR class, classification code, packing group and the number of ERICard
  2. properties
  3. hazards
  4. Personal protection
  5. Operational measures
    1. General measures
    2. Measures in case of substance leakage
    3. Measures in case of fire (if substance concerned)
  6. First aid
  7. Special precautionary measures when recovering damaged goods
  8. Precautionary measures after providing assistance
    1. Take off protective clothing (Dekon P)
    2. Equipment cleaning (Dekon G)

The CEFIC ERI card database is responsible for coordinating both the issue of cards and the deployment of dangerous goods in an emergency . From here, the fire brigade is also given information about the first operational measures if you do not have any reliable substance-specific information available when you arrive at the scene of the incident.

For fire service use, they are ideally in a laminated and therefore waterproof form. The State Fire Brigade School in Würzburg takes care of the printing. In addition, there is also a dangerous goods helper app that can be used during operations.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ New ERI cards / Now also for ADR class 1 and ADR class 7 at lfs-bw.de, accessed on February 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ Disclaimer from ericards.net ( Memento of the original dated November 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ericards.net
  3. ↑ to the CEFIC ERI card database at ericards.net, accessed on February 28, 2015.
  4. ↑ Download version of the ERI card collection ( Memento from November 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Structure of the ERI cards , at www.ericards.net, accessed on February 28, 2015.
  6. ↑ Introduction to the ERI cards at bilder.buecher.de, accessed on February 28, 2015.
  7. ^ Dangerous goods helper app at play.google.com, accessed on February 28, 2015.