Sembcorp Protection’s Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) service guarantees a swift and effective response to incidents involving hazardous goods in transit by road or rail. As one of the UK’s leading providers, Protection offers around the clock support to ensure that any incident involving hazardous materials is contained and resolved quickly and efficiently – protecting the public and safeguarding business reputation.

From a professionally-manned central control room on Teesside,Protection provides a number of industry-standard HAZMAT services. These range from supporting the client’s own team with expert advice either over the telephone or by fax or email, to providing an on the scene team of specialist HAZMAT experts to manage the entire incident including the transhipment of the hazardous material if necessary.

HAZMAT expertise and equipment available from Protection includes:

• Access to extensive substance databases
• Technical transport expertise on constant standby
• Expert Emergency Team Leaders available on standby
• First Line Emergency Response vehicles
• Fully equipped mobile workshop
• Pollution control and mitigation equipment
• Specialist equipment for product transhipment

Specially tailored packages mean all customer HAZMAT requirements can be catered for, including:

Level 1 - detailed information and advice on a 24/7, 365-days-a-year, via fax and telephone, enabling the customer team to take the most appropriate action.

Level 2 - a team of Sembcorp Protection HAZMAT experts to attend the incident and advise customer personnel and the emergency services on how best to manage the incident.

Level 3 - a team of Sembcorp Protection HAZMAT experts to attend and assist with practical solutions, using specialist equipment to bring the situation back to normal. This may involve transhipping products safely and speedily.