National Chemical Emergency Centre

The United Kingdom's National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC) is based at Harwell in Oxfordshire, England.

NCEC is one of the world’s leading hazardous chemical information specialists. NCEC supplies 24-hour emergency response telephone advice and expert software to those involved with chemicals. This information helps organisations ensure that they are running a safe and compliant business and are well prepared in the unlikely case of a chemical incident. Whether involved in the manufacture, distribution, transport or use of chemicals NCEC can give you peace of mind for your chemicals business. .

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. NCEC's team of emergency responders advise about unknown or potentially hazardous chemicals

Products and services:

Carechem 24 – 24-hour Chemical Emergency line for the UK’s Emergency Services

Chemsafe – 24-hour Chemical Emergency line

Carechem Marine – 24-hour advice for chemical marine incidents

CERS - The Chemical Emergency Response Service is offered to customers needing emergency support as well as general chemical information.

HERS - Hazchem Emergency Response Service provides complete chemical response service for incidents involving Hazchem Network Members' vehicles or premises.

Haulsafe - 24-hour emergency advice line for hauliers to use on their vehicles in order to comply with legislation.

Cefic Tremcards - Software for easy ADR compliance.

CSE - Cross-linked ADR, ASL and EH-40 data.

Chemdata - Clear, concise data for hazmat incidents.

Consultancy – Covering REACH, GHS, DGSA, Safety Data Sheet Authoring, chemical legislation and compliance and more.

ChemeDox – Manage Safety Data Sheets (SDS), COSHH Assesments, Process Documents, Risk Assessments, Compliance Certificate and more in one web-based application.

SDS Tracker - Your safety data sheets managed online with a handy search facility.

Hazchem Scale Cards – A handy pocket-sized guide to Hazard warning diamonds, supply labelling and other Hazchem information.

REACH Cards – A handy pocked-sized guide to REACH

Training – Hazchem/Hazmat Training, 1st Response and Practical Response.