Emergency Response

Covering all levels of government, Clean Harbors Emergency Response and Disaster Recovery Services has the ability to respond to small emergency needs as well as large spills and releases, or natural disasters on land or water.

One call to one number - 1.800.OIL.TANK (1.800.645.8265) - from anywhere across North America connects you to Clean Harbors' network of emergency response service centers.

Emergency Services

• Oil spill response
• Chemical and hazardous material spill response
• Releases in warehouses and distributions centers
• Natural disaster response - hurricanes, storms, tornados, floods, earthquakes
• Homeland Security and terrorist attack responses
• Emergency pump-outs
• Emergency lab packing
• Emergency waste disposal
• Standby emergency response coverage
• National response coverage programs

Typical Emergency Responses

• Over-the-road incidents
• Punctured lines
• Tank overflows
• Leaking drums
• Saddle tank spills
• Large pipeline ruptures
• Biological and infectious materials
• Ship groundings
• Tanker truck rollovers
• Facility releases
• Hurricane, earthquake and storm damage
• Ship and waterway releases

Emergency Response Experience and Technical Knowledge

Clean Harbors handles emergency response and disaster recovery needs with experience, technical knowledge, and operational resources to get the job done right, while adhering to strict regulatory statutes and health and safety standards. From immediate response and containment to cleanup operations, Clean Harbors provides the manpower and equipment, logistical support, ICS / NIMS integration, and operational oversight to manage any size environmental emergency.

Clean Harbors can rapidly deploy hundreds of experienced, 40-hour-trained and certified workers to meet the needs of any incident. Whatever the response requires, from Level C through Level A, we handle a wide range of hazardous materials including oil, gasoline, chemical, PCBs and biological hazards.