{"id":401,"date":"2026-10-15T11:04:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T15:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/?page_id=401"},"modified":"2026-10-15T13:14:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T17:14:27","slug":"hazardous-material-spill-or-gas-leak","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/emergency-actions-guide\/hazardous-material-spill-or-gas-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"Hazardous Material Spill or Gas Leak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the event of a hazardous material release:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Call 9-1-1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are exposed to a hazardous material:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Call 9-1-1.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Individuals exposed to hazardous material should avoid contact with others.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove all contaminated clothing, ensuring you do not contaminate other areas of your body.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Put contaminated clothing and items into a plastic bag and seal the bag.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flush with copious amounts of cool water for 15 minutes, ensuring that you do not scrub the chemical onto your skin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flush eyes with water.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exposed persons should receive or seek medical attention.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-breakout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-breakout use-content-width  \"><div class=\"content-width\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ready.gov\/hazmat\">Chemicals and Hazardous Materials Incidents | Ready.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ready.gov\/shelter#place\">Shelter | Ready.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the event of a hazardous material release: If you are exposed to a hazardous material:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5322,"featured_media":0,"parent":568,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-401","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5322"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":625,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/401\/revisions\/625"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}