Alberta Transportation

Dangerous Goods, Rail Safety

and 511 Alberta

Dangerous Goods Inspector

Responsibilities Dangerous Goods Inspectors have both Provincial and Federal Dangerous

Goods appointments as well as being Peace Officers in Alberta.

• Conduct facility inspections with trucking companies as well as the

companies who are having the dangerous goods shipped.

• Respond to dangerous goods incidents to provide technical assistance to

first responders and other responding personnel.

• Conduct investigations when major dangerous goods incidents or violations

have occurred.

• Participate in joint investigations with other government agencies.

• Conduct audits of highway tank facilities.

• Train on-highway inspectors such as police or county officers.

Conducting Facility Inspections

• Dangerous Goods must be properly classified before shipping

• Proper documentation with the shipment

• Safety marks (placards) are in place on the shipments and are the correct ones.

• Packaging is in compliance.

• Anyone handling or transporting the dangerous goods is trained.

• Person in possession of dangerous goods at the time of an incident must report.

Dangerous Goods

Chief Inspector

Doug Horvat– 780-415-0686

7 Dangerous Goods Regions

Grande Prairie

• Leigh Batty – 780-538-6173

Lloydminster

• Mike Robson – 780-871-6442

Vermilion

• Christine Cartier - 780-853-8101

Edmonton

• Cale Thurston – 780-415-2507

Red Deer

• Andrew Pillman – 403-340-4963

Calgary

• Troy Hasil – 403-297-8799

Lethbridge

• Kurt Parks – 403-327-5220

On Highway Incident Response

Rail Dangerous Goods Response

Major Investigations

Obtaining Dangerous Goods

Information or Assistance

Provide Dangerous Goods Information to anyone 24 Hours – 365

Days a year (no answering machine – talk to a real person!).

Co-ordinate Emergency Response procedures during a Dangerous

Goods Event.

Provide Technical Information Bulletins on a variety of Transportation

of Dangerous Goods topics

CO-ORDINATION &

INFORMATION CENTRE

The Coordination

and Information

Centre

Alberta Transportation

Dangerous Goods, Rail

Safety

Alberta Environment

Sustainable Resources

Development

Environment Canada

Alberta Energy

Regulator

Alberta Emergency

Management Agency

Contact Us Alberta Transportation

Dangerous Goods, Rail Safety

And 511 Alberta

Tel. Edmonton: (780) 422-9600

Tel. Province–wide: 1 (800) 272-9600

Fax: (780) 427-1044

Dangerous Goods Web Site

http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/519.htm

Rail Safety Web Site

http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/521.htm

511 Alberta An Alberta government operated, free

traveller information service, that may be

accessed via phone, mobile device or

computer.

The information provided by 511 includes:

Highway conditions

Highway construction events

Major incidents

Weather alerts

Availability of ferry services

Waiting times at border crossings

Snowplow information

Access to 124 highway cameras

Special events

511 Alberta

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