# Presentation: 310686

## Hazardous Materials

- Company Anti-terrorism Tips

## Overview

**This presentation is designed to inform companies of the appropriate steps that should be taken when the National Threat Level is raised to ****Code Orange.**_*** ***_

## Personnel Security

**Brief your employees to report suspicious incidents or events. **
**Post the Nation's Threat Level in the Driver's room or other public area.**

## Personnel Security

**Convene a brief security meeting when the Threat Level increases and review security plans and tips with employees.**

## Personnel Security

**Make sure all employees handling or transporting hazardous materials have adequate communication devices in case of emergency. Test these systems.**** **
**If you have a management crisis team, verify their 24/7 contact information and place them on "ready alert." **** **

## Personnel Security

**Assure that all employees have proper and ****up-to-date identification. **** **
**Assure that company personnel monitor news and other information sources for events or changes in conditions and respond as appropriate. **** **
**Review Driver Anti-terrorism ****Tips list contained in the**** ****Anti-Terrorism Tips for Drivers ****Training Module**** **** **

## Facility Security

**Cooperate with federal ****or local law enforcement ****officials concerning ****security checks or ****safety checks. **** **
**Restrict the availability of information related to your facility and employees, and the materials you handle. **** **

## Facility Security

**Restrict access to a single entry or gate. ****Control who enters and leaves your facility, if possible. Require visitors to show photo identification and ****have someone accompany ****visitors at all times. **** **
**Add security guards and ****increase off-hours patrols ****by security or law enforcement ****officials. **** **

## Facility Security

- Reduce your internal tolerance for "security anomalies", such as overdue or missing vehicles, perimeter of physical plant intrusions, unverified visitors, evidence of tampering and the like.
- Install additional securitysystems on areas containing hazardous materials, if needed.

## Facility Security

- Do not preload hazardous materials shipments.
- Require employees to display identification cards or badges while at the facility.
- Conduct spot checks of personnel and vehicles.

## Facility Security

- Test your emergency response communications systems.
- Upgrade security procedures for pick-ups and deliveries. Verify all paperwork and require pick-up and delivery appointments from known vendors. Require pick-up drivers to provide driver's name and vehicle number- confirm with vendor. Accept deliveries in designated areas only.

## Facility Security

- Confirm legitimacy of new vendors though listings in phone book or industry publications, websites or references.
- Secure hazardous materials in locked buildings or fenced areas. Have a sign-out system for keys.
- Secure valves, manways, and other fixtures on transportation equipment when not in use._*** ***_

## Facility Security

- Secure all rail, truck, and barge containers when stored at your location.
- Use tamper-resistant or tamper-evident seals and locks on cargo compartment openings.
- Maintain current inventories of on-site hazardous materials and check account for shortages or discrepancies._*** ***_

## En Route Security

- Verify identify of carrier or driver prior to hazardous materials loading. Ask driver for photo identification and compare with information provided by carrier.
- Ask the driver to tell you the name of the consignee and the destination for the material and confirm with your records before releasing shipments._*** ***__*** ***_

## En Route Security

- Identify preferred and alternated routing, including acceptable deviations. Make sure routing complies with local routing restrictions.
- If possible, alternate routes to frequent destinations.
- Minimize exposure in downtown or heavily populated areas and expedite the shipment to the final destination.

## En Route Security

- Minimize stops en route; if you must stop, select locations with adequate lighting on well-traveled roads and avoid high-crime or dangerous areas.
- If materials are stored during transportation, make sure storage facilities are secure.

## En Route Security

- Train drivers how to avoid hijackings or theft of property- keep vehicles locked when parked and avoid conversation on open channels or with strangers about route, cargo, and destinations.
- Consider an escort or guard for high-hazard shipments (e.g. explosives, radioactive materials, or inhalation hazard toxics).

## En Route Security

- Consider using advanced technology to track or protect your cargo en route to their destination (i.e., satellite tracking systems, anti-theft systems for trailers and tractors and surveillance systems). GPS tracking systems should relay updates more frequently.

## En Route Security

- Install tamper-proof seals on all valves and package or container openings. Implement a system for a customer to alert the shipper if a hazardous materials shipment is not received when expected.
- When products are delivered, check the carrier's identity with shipping documents provided by the shipper.

## En Route Security

- Get to know your customers and their hazardous materials programs. If you suspect you shipped or delivered a hazardous material to someone who may intend to use it for a criminal activity, notify your local FBI office or local law enforcement officials.

## Conclusion

- Always remember to keep your guard
- up for any unusual behavior and report
- anything of concern immediately.
- Thank you for your time and attention.