1. Transportation Security
Slide Show Notes
Today we will discuss the Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) security plan training requirements and the role that we play in protecting hazardous materials from unauthorized personnel.
This session covers security training only. It does not cover other DOT required training such as:
The general requirements of the hazardous materials regulations
How to recognize and identify hazardous materials on the basis of container labels, placards, and shipping paperwork
Specific job-related transportation functions, such as loading and unloading railcars, tank trucks, and drum handling
How to respond in emergencies
Personal protective equipment
See the Hazardous Materials Transportation PowerPoint for this training.

2. Session Objectives You will be able to:
Understand your company’s security plan
Recognize security risks
Prevent access to hazardous materials
Plan vehicle security during transportation
Recognize suspicious activity
Respond to security threats
Slide Show Notes
By the end of the training session, you will be able to:
Understand your company’s security plan.
Recognize security risks.
Prevent access to hazardous materials.
Plan vehicle security during transportation.
Recognize suspicious activity.
Respond to security threats.

3. Hazardous Material Shipments
800,000 hazardous shipments each day
85,000 trucks of gasoline and propane
Fuels, medicines, fertilizers
Most shipments carried by truck
Slide Show Notes
Every day, 800,000 hazardous material shipments take place in the United States.
85,000 trucks are needed each day for the transportation of gasoline and propane alone.
Shipments include fuels, medicines, and agricultural fertilizers.
The vast majority of these shipments are carried by truck.

4. Security Plan Implementation of the security plan Security objectives
Security procedures
Employee responsibilities
Response to a security breach
Organizational security structure
Slide Show Notes
Let’s review our security plan.
Our security objectives are to reduce security risks and enhance the security of the hazardous materials in our workplace.
You need to understand specific security procedures that will be implemented, such as locking gates and doors during certain hours, conducting unscheduled security inspections, doing employee background checks, and controlling access to our facility.
You should understand your role in the security plan. Some of you will be responsible for conducting security checks before unloading or loading, others will conduct applicant background checks, while others might be responsible for inspecting the perimeter fence once per week.
The plan explains how to respond if there is a security breach. Procedures might include calling the police and locking doors that access chemical storage and transportation equipment.
You also need to understand the company’s organizational security structure.
Bring a copy of your company’s security plan. Change the slide as needed to reflect your company’s security plan.

5. Security Risks Multiple access points
Employee access to hazardous materials
Unlocked gates and doors
Unsecured loading and unloading operations
Slide Show Notes
As hazmat employees, you must be able to identify potential security risks such as.
Multiple access points where unauthorized personnel could walk into our facility and reach hazardous chemical tanks, loading operations, and railcars or tank trucks
Unimpeded access by employees who could sabotage tanks, railcars, or tank trucks containing hazardous chemicals
Unlocked gates and doors that might allow unauthorized personnel easy access to our facility
Unsecured loading and unloading operations where unauthorized personnel could gain entry and do damage
Discuss specific security risks that have been identified at your workplace.
Change the slide to include specific security risks that have been identified at your workplace.

6. Assessing Personnel
Assess employees with access to hazardous materials
Confirm job applicant information
Check recent employment history
Check references
Confirm citizenship status
Beware of employment gaps or frequent job changes
Slide Show Notes
We assess personnel in positions that involve access to or handling of hazardous materials.
We must confirm as much information as possible provided by the applicant.
We check recent employment history.
We also talk to any of the references that are provided.
We confirm citizenship status.
We look for employment gaps or frequent job changes.
Describe the procedures your company uses to assess personnel and applicants.

7. Control Access Limit and control access points
Control employee access to hazardous materials
Follow procedures for locking gates and doors
Escort visitors and contractors
Slide Show Notes
In order to control access to our facility, we will:
Limit the number of access points, especially the area for the storage, loading, and unloading of hazardous materials. All personnel, including vendors and drivers, are required to check in before entering the area.
Limit access to hazardous materials to hazmat employees only. You must help enforce these limitations and keep unauthorized people away from areas where hazardous materials are stored.
Require that you follow procedures for locking gates and doors, including methods for checking locks regularly throughout the day and night.
Require that you follow procedures for escorting visitors and contractors while they are in the facility—especially when they need to be near hazardous materials.
Discuss the specific methods your company uses to control access to your workplace and to hazardous materials.
Change this slide to reflect the methods your company uses to control access to your workplace and to hazardous materials.

8. Security Measures Perimeter fencing Security guards
Cameras, sensors, and alarms
Slide Show Notes
Some methods we use to enhance security in our facility are:
Perimeter security fencing to help keep unauthorized people out
Security guards to monitor access points, check locked doors and gates, and check perimeter fencing during nonworking hours such as nights and weekends
Security cameras, sensors, or alarms installed around the area where we store and load/unload hazardous materials

9. Security of Hazardous Materials
Keep storage areas locked
Conduct accurate inventories
Regular inspections
Security spot-checks
Check driver identification
Look for unusual purchases or odd behavior
Slide Show Notes
In order to secure hazardous materials at our facility, we:
Keep access to storage areas locked.
Conduct frequent and accurate inventories. A good inventory helps determine if materials have been stolen.
Conduct regular inspections of chemical storage areas. We check doors, fences, gates, etc., to ensure the area is properly secured; inspect pipes, tanks, drums, and other containers for any signs of damage; and look for anything that is unusual or out of the ordinary.
Conduct security spot-checks of personnel and vehicles that are in the area where hazardous materials are stored, loaded, and unloaded.
Check driver identification. We write the driver’s license number on the shipping paperwork or bill of lading and have the driver print and sign his or her name. We verify that the driver has the proper hazardous materials endorsement.
Look out for unusual chemical purchases, such as larger-than-normal quantities or unknown customers. We also keep an eye out for odd behavior from customers, truck drivers, or other employees.
Describe specific procedures your company uses to secure hazardous material storage areas. Change this slide as needed.

10. Report Security Gaps Nonworking security lighting Missing signs
Damaged security cameras
Damaged security fencing and doors
Slide Show Notes
We want you to report gaps in security measures so that they can be fixed as soon as possible.
Report nonworking security lighting in parking lots, inside the facility, near hazardous material storage areas, and near loading and unloading operations.
Report missing signs that are related to security and safety, including tank labels, vehicle placards, warning signs, or other danger signs that are intended to warn unauthorized personnel to stay away from hazardous chemicals.
Report security cameras or other surveillance equipment that is not functioning correctly.
Report damaged security fencing, gates, and doors.
Describe how employees should report security gaps that they discover at your workplace.

11. Keep Unauthorized People Out
Keep doors locked
Don’t let anyone borrow your keys
Don’t let anyone enter the building without ID
Check ID of unknown personnel
Slide Show Notes
Every employee plays a key role in the physical security of the workplace.
Keep doors closed and locked. This includes doors that lead outside as well as internal security doors that prevent access to areas from public hallways or lobbies. Do not block doors open.
Do not let others borrow keys or access cards to the building or to your work area. Do not give out access codes or other access information.
Do not let anyone enter the building without proper identification. Unauthorized personnel may try to enter a building “on your coat-tails” by following you through a door after you have used your key or access card to open it. They may thank you for holding the door open so they did not have to get out their key. Before letting people in, require them to show identification or their key to prove they are authorized to be in the building.
Check the identification of unknown personnel in your work area. Make sure they are supposed to be there.

12. Controlling Access— Any Questions
Any questions about the security of our workplace and hazardous materials, how to report security gaps, or how to keep unauthorized people out?
Slide Show Notes
Do you have any questions about the security of our workplace and hazardous materials, how to report security gaps, or how to keep unauthorized people out?

13. Vehicle Security Conduct a pre-trip inspection Secure the rig
Don’t pick up hitchhikers
Report delays
Report suspicious activities
Slide Show Notes
Truck drivers play a large role in the security of hazardous materials and should:
Conduct a pre-trip inspection of the vehicle to ensure it is operating correctly and will not break down en route to the destination.
Secure the truck when stopping at a truck stop. Lock vehicle doors, trailer doors, tank truck unloading points, etc.
Never pick up hitchhikers; they could be hijackers.
Report any unusual delays to your dispatcher so he or she is not wondering why the load of hazardous materials is late to the destination.
Report any other suspicious activities that you observe before the trip, en route to the destination, or when you arrive at the destination, and contact your dispatcher or the police, if necessary.
Discuss specific procedures that your truck drivers implement in order to improve the security of their vehicle.

14. Route Planning Select shortest route Avoid areas of high population
Look for good lighting at rest stops
Maintain visual contact with your vehicle
Avoid tunnels and bridges
Slide Show Notes
When planning your delivery route, take some of the following points into consideration–especially when carrying flammable or explosive materials.
Select the shortest route to the destination. The longer carriers are on the road, the more they are exposed.
Avoid areas of high population, when possible. Take the highway that goes outside of town rather than the highway that goes right through the center of town.
When stopping at rest stops, ensure there is plenty of lighting in the parking lot. Inadequate lighting or a number of broken lights should make you suspicious.
When at a rest stop, always try to maintain visual contact with your vehicle.
When possible, avoid tunnels or bridges. Terrorists could block your vehicle in a tunnel or on a bridge and use your hazardous material as a weapon to destroy the tunnel or bridge.

15. Engine and Trailer Security
Electronic engine locks
Trailer locks
Access control systems
Satellite tracking
Slide Show Notes
Engine and trailer security is important because the hazardous material is most vulnerable when it is en route.
Electronic engine locks and automatic emergency engine kill switches can be used to prevent a hijacker from taking control of the vehicle and its load of hazardous materials.
Trailer lock systems prevent unauthorized personnel from getting inside the trailer or opening valves that could release bulk chemicals.
Access control systems and alarms can be installed to scare away unauthorized personnel and potential hijackers.
Satellite tracking can be used to constantly monitor the location of the truck and ensure it stays on the designated route.
Discuss specific procedures or systems used by your company to improve the security of vehicles. Change this slide as needed.

16. Vehicle Security— Any Questions
Any questions about route planning or vehicle inspection and security?
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Do you have any questions about route planning or vehicle inspection and security?

17. Suspicious Personnel or Activity
Person loitering by chemical tanks
Person loitering by loading docks
Walking by perimeter security fence
Unusual vehicle parked outside your facility
Slide Show Notes
Identify and report suspicious personnel or activities in the work area—especially when near hazardous chemicals. Be suspicious of and report:
A person loitering by chemical tanks, especially when it’s not an authorized person.
Someone loitering by loading docks where chemical containers are handled.
A person walking along the outside of the security fence. The person may be looking for potential access points to the facility.
Unusual vehicles parked outside your facility. This could indicate some type of danger, such as someone waiting for a hazardous material shipment to leave your facility so they can hijack the truck.
Discuss other types of suspicious personnel or activity that they should be aware of.

18. Responding to Security Threats
Do not approach suspicious persons
Call security or police
Warn other employees
Lock doors and gates
Evacuate or shelter-in-place
Slide Show Notes
When you recognize a security threat, such as suspicious persons or a suspicious object or package near hazardous materials, you need to know how to respond.
Do not approach suspicious persons or objects.
Call facility security or the police.
Warn other employees in the area of the suspicious behavior.
Secure the area by locking doors and gates.
Evacuate the area or shelter-in-place as determined in your company’s emergency response plan.
Discuss other ways your employees should respond to security threats at your workplace.

19. Security Threats—Any Questions
Any questions about suspicious personnel or how to respond to a security threat?
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Do you have any questions about suspicious personnel or how to respond to a security threat?

20. Key Points to Remember
Learn the specifics of your company’s written Transportation Security Plan
Control access to your workplace and hazardous materials
Report security gaps
Keep trucks secure when transporting hazardous materials
Report suspicious people or activity
Slide Show Notes
Learn the specifics of your company’s written Transportation Security Plan.
Control access to your workplace and hazardous materials.
Report security gaps.
Keep trucks secure when transporting hazardous materials.
Report suspicious people or activity.