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ChemResponse Launches New 24 Hour Emergency Response Service

Written by ChemResponse

Tuesday, 20 December 2005

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Incidents involving chemicals happen everyday in the UK. What if it is one involving your products or vehicles? Who will be there to provide the advice required by the emergency services?

It is estimated that there is at least one incident involving the emergency services being called to hazardous materials situations occurs every day in the UK. In order to safely respond to these incidents and prevent injuries to themselves and the public, also to minimise damage to the environment, the emergency services require immediate information about the hazards of the products involved. As incidents don’t only occur during office hours, companies need to be able to provide this information round-the-clock.
There are certain regulatory requirements that make it necessary for companies to provide a 24-hour emergency contact number but there are also other reasons. For many chemical or associated companies who have committed themselves to operating in a responsible manner. Programs such as the Responsible Care program have been adopted. This requires the ability to provide the emergency services with information as part of the minimum requirement for compliance. It also stands to reason that the sooner corrective action can be taken to start managing the incident, the shorter the time to get things back to normal, with potentially significant cost savings.

Up to now it has been extremely difficult for small to medium companies to comply with these requirements. They have either had to commit their staff, which have had limited call experience to provide emergency cover or have had to pay significant fees for a contractor to provide this service for them. Worst still, as some have done, simply ignore the problem and hope that they never have an incident!

After extensive research of the industry and discussion with various industry groups, ChemResponse has recently launched an affordable solution for companies involved in the manufacture, storage or distribution of hazardous materials. Peter North, a director of ChemResponse said “We believe we are offering a high quality service to all companies and at rates that will also enable the small to medium size companies to fulfil their legal and moral obligations. There has been tremendous interest expressed in the service by a number of companies, who up to now have they have had very limited options.”
ChemResponse brings together over 20 years of experience in emergency response, seminars and training plus the provision documentation, labelling and placarding for the transportation of dangerous goods. The staff are all fully trained in the provision of chemical first response information and key staff have extensive experience in the managing of chemical emergency advice centres and advising on chemical incidents around the globe.

For more information on the services that can be provided by ChemResponse, please call: 0870 626 0012 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Website: www.chemresponse.com

About ChemResponse Ltd

ChemResponse Ltd was established in 2005 in the United Kingdom to deliver professional and affordable 24 hour emergency response support to companies involved in the manufacture, transport and storage of chemical products. The support can range from regional support to global support depending on the clients requirements.

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For further information please contact:

Daniel Thorpe - Director

ChemResponse Limted

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Tel: 0870 626 0012

24 Granville St

Castleford

West Yorkshire

WF10 5HF

United Kingdom

Tel: 0870 626 0012