Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Department of Transportation will not stop requiring placards for hazardous material shipments, although the Department of Homeland Security wants to ...

Many fire chiefs in the United States consider hazardous materials placards to be critical to their emergency response, according to a survey conducted by the International Association of Fire Chiefs.

First responders should become familiar with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) hazard classes for hazardous materials and the placards and labels used to identify those hazards.

The top five most common violations had to do with incomplete shipping paperwork and incorrect or missing hazmat warning placards. These trucks inspections are just one part of a larger safety ...

One of the first tasks for personnel conducting commodity flow studies is to learn about the classification and placarding and labeling systems for hazardous materials used in transportation.

These placards and unique four-digit numbers are on all train cars with potentially hazardous materials and are searchable on Google. But when railroads and government officials were asked for ...