ERI Cards

The CEFIC Emergency Response Intervention Cards (ERI Cards or ERIC’s) provide guidance on initial actions for fire crews when they first arrive at the scene of a chemical transport accident without having appropriate and reliable product specific emergency information at hand.

ERI Cards are intended for fire crews, trained in chemical emergency response, and contain information and procedures that may require specialised equipment.

ERI Cards are intended to deal with chemical accidents involving a substantial amount of product, occurring during land transport only and may therefore not be appropriate for accidents in other situations.

ERI Cards apply to a group of products, and hence can never be a substitute for the specific product information obtained from a reliable source (e.g. safety data sheet, reference databases or industry experts). Using ERI Cards therefore always requires sound judgement, taking into account the particular circumstances of each accident.

Each ERICard has been constructed to a standard format under specific headings and making use of standardised sentences:

Title (generic)

1. Characteristics
2. Hazards
3. Personal protection
4. Intervention actions
   4.1. General
   4.2. Spillage
   4.3 Fire (involving the substance)
5. First aid
6. Essential precautions for product recovery
7. Precautions after intervention
   7.1 Undressing
   7.2 Equipment clean-up