The-ncec.com
Title
The National Chemical Emergency Centre - United Kingdom
Description
Role
The National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC) plays a key role in national arrangements for responding to chemical incidents. It provides a 24 hour national advice service to the public emergency services on dealing with chemical incidents and is a central part of the Chemical Industries Associations CHEMSAFE scheme. In addition to its national role, the NCEC also offers a number of commercial emergency response services, such as Carechem24, to assist companies in providing and obtaining chemical emergency response advice and information.
Expertise
The NCEC has been operating the UK's national 24-hour chemical emergency response centre since 1973. This makes it one of the most experienced teams in the world in understanding the requirements of both the chemical industry and the emergency services. The NCEC is staffed by a team of Emergency Responders who are all qualified chemists and who have received extensive training in chemical health and safety, emergency response and communication skills. As well as the Emergency Responders, the NCEC is supported by a team of experienced data administrators who are responsible for ensuring that the NCEC's databases are fully up-to-date.
Sponsors
The NCEC is part of AEA Technology Environment and is supported by the Department for Transport (DfT) and the Chemical Industries Association (CIA)
Contact
- AEA Technology plc
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