Toxic response  According to the United States Census Bureau,
nearly 11 billion traffic accidents occur each year. This means
that law enforcement professionals respond to a “routine traffic
accident” on a nearly daily basis. But what happens when you
show up on the site of a tractor trailer accident and find the
flat bed of the 18-wheeler filled with a jumbled mess of
minimally labeled metal drums? You could ask the driver for
shipping documents, but what if the driver is unconscious or the
documentation isn't accessible?  Proper stabilization,
containment and response to chemical spills is critical to
ensure safety not only for the people involved and responding to
the incident, but also for the environment and citizens in close
proximity to it. Unfortunately, locating all the information
necessary to provide the most effective response to an incident
is not always easy to do. Remember these three things in the
first moments when you realize a routine traffic accident is
anything but routine:    1. Retrieve