• Hazmat shipments must include emergency response information, including the name of the material, health hazards, explosion risks, precautions to take immediately, and more.

Most hazardous material shipments (except those that do not require shipping papers) must have emergency response information on or in association with the shipping paper. If the information is in association with the shipping paper it may be in the form of the Emergency Response Guidebook, a Safety Data Sheet, or any other form that provides all the information required by the regulations.

The following emergency response information is required:

• Basic description and technical name of the hazardous material;
• Immediate hazards to health;
• Fire and explosion risks;
• Precautions to be taken immediately;
• Immediate methods for handling fires;
• Initial methods for handling spills or leaks in the absence of fire; and
• Preliminary first aid measures.

This information must be on or kept with the shipping papers, away from the packages containing the hazardous material, and in a location immediately accessible in the event of an incident.