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4-582: NCEC may refer to: National Chemical Emergency Centre National Committee for an Effective Congress Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title NCEC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NCEC&oldid=933012437 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
8-492: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Chemical Emergency Centre The National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC) is a former UK government agency, now privately owned as part of Ricardo plc , providing information related to chemical accidents (spillages and fires) to emergency services in the United Kingdom and other countries. The NCEC
12-771: Is headquartered on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire . The NCEC was formed in 1973 as a government agency. On 1 March 1979 the Centre launched, in cooperation with the Home Office , its Hazfile computer database, made available to fifteen British fire services, listing over 10,000 chemical compounds; this was later replaced by the Chemdata system. A similar system in
16-759: The USA is called RTECS ( Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances ). Most chemical safety legislation in the UK covers the transport of hazardous chemicals by road. Companies carrying dangerous substances must comply with the legislation. The NCEC worked with the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) to develop a set of safety codes for carrying dangerous chemicals for National Intervention in Chemical Transport Emergencies Centres across Europe. In
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