The U.S. Department of Transportation, together with Transport Canada and the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation of Mexico released the 2004 Emergency Response Guidebook this month.

The guidebooks are currently in distribution and the DOT's goal is to place one ERG2004 in each emergency service vehicle, nationwide, through distribution to state and local public safety authorities.

To date, 9 million copies have been distributed without charge to the emergency responder community.

Copies are available free of charge to public emergency responders through the state coordinator (U.S. only) nearest you.

To get yours, click on hazmat.dot.gov/gydebook.htm. In Canada, contact CANUTEC at 613-992-4624 or via e-mail at canutec@tc.gc.ca. In Mexico, call SCT at 52-5-684-1275. Copies are also available commercially through the GPO Bookstore and other commercial vendors.