Hazardous chemical incidents
The Council provides general information, advice and links on
hazardous chemicals and emergency procedures for incidents
involving hazardous chemicals. The Environmental Protection Team
deal with non highway spillages.
Advice regarding use of hazardous substances in the workplace is
available from the Health and Safety Team and Trading
Standards deal with retail sales.
The Civil Contingencies Secretariat provides links to government
and non-government sources on a wide variety of emergencies and
crises that can affect the UK, plus emergency planning guidance and
government information.
The Civil
Contingencies Secretariat
The National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC) plays a key role
in national arrangements for responding to chemical incidents. It
provides a 24-hour national advice service to the public emergency
services on dealing with chemical incidents and is a central part
of the Chemical Industries Associations CHEMSAFE
scheme.The National Chemical
Emergency Centre;
CHEMSAFE
Emergency Action Codes (commonly called Hazchem Codes) are
designed to assist the emergency services in the first few minutes
of dealing with a hazardous goods distribution incident. Further
information on Emergency Action Codes is available from The
National Chemical Emergency Centre.
The National Chemical
Emergency Centre