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Alberta Transportation
Dangerous Goods, Rail Safety
and 511 Alberta
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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.
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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.
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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
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On Highway Incident Response
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Rail Dangerous Goods Response
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Major Investigations
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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
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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
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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
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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
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511 Alberta
• Available to
download for
iOS and Android
devices
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QUESTIONS?