Robert Burke covers the recent changes to Emergency Response Guidebook aim to make it more useful for first responders. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is celebrating its 50 th anniversary ...

We've all seen them, whether on a road trip, or just commuting to work. Semi-trucks and tankers are everywhere. Hundreds of those trucks are carrying hazardous materials -- like gasoline and other ...

We are recommending that the Department of Transportation maintain the placard system as it is now.” With these words, spoken at the Congressional Fire Services Institute dinner on April 7 in ...

The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a January 9th letter an issue arising out of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) involving ...

Pennsylvania-based software developer RegScan Inc. has developed a software system to help protect America’s highways by monitoring hazardous-materials transportation shipments. The software, called ...

The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a February 7th letter a request for clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR“) ...

I learned today that I am on the right track with the web host and software choices I made for bringing my web site into the 21st Century. Learned when a friend and web development professional told ...

A five-day blitz of surprise inspections for 4,629 commercial vehicles transporting hazardous materials and dangerous goods revealed improper placarding as the top cause for violations issued, the ...