INTRODUCTION
CANUTEC's ERGO 2004 (a software
version of the 2004 Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG2004)) was made
available for free download as of August 1, 2005.
The most recent revision is version 1.0. The file size is 2776 KB and is self-extracting.
The interface of ERGO was designed to
have a look and feel similar to the Guidebook so that familiarity with the
ERG2004 would translate effortlessly to the software version.
ERGO will not be distributed in any
other fashion by CANUTEC except through its web site. Webmasters are encouraged to link to this page to allow their
visitors downloading access.
Send all questions concerning ERGO
and its distribution to CANUTEC.
REQUIREMENTS
OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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Supported Operating Systems: Windows
2000; Windows 98; Windows ME; Windows NT; Windows XP
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If you are running Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 you will require
Service Pack 6a available by
clicking the following link
SOFTWARE
REQUIREMENTS
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ERGO
2004 runs under the Microsoft .NET Framework package.
This package must be installed.
Click the following link
to access the download page for the .NET framework.
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This
download page will notify you that you must have the latest service
pack and critical updates for the version of Windows that you are
running. It will point you to the following link
for these updates.
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This
download page will also indicate that you must be running Microsoft
Internet Explorer 5.01 or later for all installations of the .NET
Framework package. If
you do not have 5.01 or later, it will provide the following link
to install Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1.
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Please
ensure that you are running the latest version of MDAC from Microsoft.
You can download the latest version from
the following link.
INSTALLATION
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Click HERE TO DOWNLOAD the version having English as the default language (see
NOTE below);
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Save the Setup installation file in a temporary directory on
your hard disk (usually your desktop);
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Run ERGO_English.exe by double-clicking on the icon in the
temporary directory and follow the installation instructions
displayed on the screen;
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To run ERGO 2004, click on the Microsoft "Start"
button (bottom left corner of your screen) in the task bar and
select the "Programs" directory where you will find
ERGO 2004;
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Select ERGO 2004;
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Or you can click the ERGO 2004 shortcut icon that has
been installed on your desktop.
NOTE: All language versions of ERGO 2004 are identical except for
the initial language default setting.
The language default setting can be changed from within ERGO
under the Language menu item if desired.
FEATURES
SEARCH
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
INDEXES
EMERGENCY
RESPONSE GUIDES
TIIPAD
WATER-REACTIVE
MATERIALS
CHEMICAL
WARFARE AGENTS
HISTORY
PLACARDS
AND SILHOUETTES
The 2004 edition of ERGO has some
enhanced functionality. In
the Menu you will find the “Language” menu item.
ERGO now functions in English, French or Spanish in one program.
The “Units” menu item allows you to select Imperial or Metric
units for initial isolation and protective action distances.
The first window you are greeted with,
after the splash screen, is the “Search” window. There
are 2 ways of accessing the various functional parts of the Guide from
here: the
toolbar icons and the tabs.
These have mouse-over tool tips to guide you.
SEARCH
Click this tab, or the magnifying
glass icon toolbar button, for searching.
You can enter an unlimited amount of ID Numbers at once into the
ID Number field but they must be separated by a space.
OR, you can find all the names of materials that contain the text
string you enter in the field Name of Material.
OR, you can find all the materials that reference a specific
guide page (only one guide number can be entered in the field Guide
Number). You can combine ID
Numbers, Names of Material and one Guide number as well.
You can also select the sort order (and associated layout) of the
search results window by selecting one of the “Sort Order" radio
buttons.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Click this tab to access the textual
sections of the Guide (those pages that are white in the Guidebook
itself). All parts of the
Guide are accessible from here by clicking on the pertinent section
title. Right-click or click
the tab to return to the Table of Contents from the text pages.
INDEXES
ID Number tab or yellow book icon
toolbar button:
This is the index of Dangerous Goods as they appear in the Yellow
Section of the Guidebook, ordered by ID Number. The Guide page (orange section) for each material is
accessible from here by double-clicking an item.
Name of Material tab or blue book
icon toolbar button:
This is the index of Dangerous Goods as they appear in the Blue
Section of the Guidebook, ordered by Name of Material.
The Guide page (orange section) for each material is also
accessible from here by double-clicking an item.
A mouse-over tool tip appears over
each item to provide the description of the referenced Guide page.
Those materials presenting a special hazard [such as Toxic
Inhalation Hazard (TIH), Water-Reactive Material (WRM) or Chemical
Warfare Agent (CWA)], are highlighted and the specific hazard is
indicated in the far right column with an icon. Those that have a Polymerisation Hazard have the letter
"P" following the number of the referenced Guide.
When an item having any of these
special hazards is double-clicked, ERGO will warn you more specifically
of the hazard and/or provide or request additional information.
For TIH and CWA materials, an extract
of the Table of Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances
(TIIPAD) for the selected material is shown as a green header above the
Guide page.
For Water-Reactive Materials spilled
in water, a dialog box warns of the toxic gas(es) produced.
The green header with the extracted TIIPAD indicates the gas(es)
generated and the pertinent Guide page for each toxic gas can be
accessed by clicking the name of the gas.
For a Polymerisation Hazard a dialog
box with a warning appears.
EMERGENCY
RESPONSE GUIDES
Clicking this tab, or the orange book
icon toolbar button, directly accesses the list of all Guide Numbers.
Select any one of the Guides by clicking the Guide number in the
left column.
The Guides appear in the same format
as the Guidebook and can be printed by clicking the printer icon toolbar
button. If the Guide was
selected from an index or search results window, the Name of the
selected Material with its ID Number will appear in plain text below the
Guide title. If an
inhalation hazard is associated with the material, the extracted TIIPAD
information will be displayed as a green header.
TIIPAD
Clicking this tab, or the skull &
crossbones icon toolbar button, shows the Table of Initial Isolation and
Protective Action Distances (TIIPAD) for materials that are a Toxic
Inhalation Hazard (TIH), Water-Reactive Materials (WRM), or Chemical
Warfare agent (CWA). You
will not often need to consult the whole Table because the information
it contains will automatically be provided as a green header above the
Guide Page when the page is accessed by clicking a material.
However, it provides some information
not available from other windows. Mousing
over either the Small or Large Spills heading provides a definition for
these spill sizes. Clicking
the "First Isolate in all Directions" or "Then Protect
persons Downwind during-" headings shows a graphic definition for
these spill response actions.
WATER-REACTIVE
MATERIALS
Clicking this tab, or the water drop
icon toolbar button, provides a list of materials that may generate one
or more toxic gases when spilled in water.
The names of Toxic Inhalation Hazard (TIH) gases appear in the
corresponding columns. Clicking
any material in any column produces the same behaviour as clicking the
material in the indexes. It
is important that the Initial Isolation and Protective Actions Distances
(IIPAD) for the water-reactive material itself be consulted and not the
IIPAD for the generated gas(es).
CHEMICAL
WARFARE AGENTS
Clicking this tab, or the gas mask
icon toolbar button, shows the list of Chemical Warfare Agents (CWA).
Clicking a CWA produces the same behaviour as clicking the
material in the indexes.
HISTORY
When a Guide page is accessed from
either the ID Number, Name of Material, WRM, CWA indexes or a Search
Results window, the item is recorded in the History report for easier
accessibility. It remains
available until deleted by the user.
Any item can be deleted by right-clicking the item and clicking
the delete button that appears. All
items can be removed by right-clicking the item History at the top of
the page. Again, clicking
any material produces the same behaviour as clicking the material in the
indexes.
PLACARDS
AND SILHOUETTES
Placards and rail car / road trailer
silhouettes are accessed from the toolbar or the Table of Contents.
Select the desired placard or silhouette page by clicking the
smaller image at the bottom left. Mousing
over a placard group or silhouette shows a larger image to the left.
Left-clicking opens the Guide page referenced by the placard or
silhouette. Click the tab
to return to the Table of Contents.
DISCLAIMER
To the best of our knowledge, ERGO
2004 is problem free and relies strictly on the information contained in
the 2004 Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG2004) and may or
may not contain officially published errata located here,
depending on the version that was downloaded.
However, given the nature of computer hardware and software, it is
not intended to replace the Guidebook.
During
emergency situations, information provided by ERGO, such as the individual
emergency response Guides, initial isolation and protective action
distances, TIH gases generated from contact with water, etc., should be
verified to insure that it corresponds to the ERG2004. |