This Code of practice provides guidance on managing the hazard of tyre fires on vehicles transporting placard loads of ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods.
The most significant risk associated with ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods is the risk of an explosion. The event of a fire on a vehicle transporting ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods has the potential, under particular circumstances, to result in an expl sion.
This Code provides guidance on minimising the potential for tyre fires on vehicles transporting ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods and mitigating the severity of such fires.