| Class 1 - Explosives |
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Examples: Fireworks, motor vehicle airbags, distress flares, live or blank ammunition for firearms, smoke bombs, blasting or demolition devices. |
| Class 2 - Gases |
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Examples: Gas cigarette lighters, gas camping stoves, aerosol cans, welding tanks, breathing apparatus, fire extinguishers, liquid nitrogen shipments, all other forms of gases. |
| Class 3 - Flammable Liquids |
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Examples: Gasoline, diesel, kerosene, paints, adhesives, varnish, wood treatment, inks, dyes, alcohol, aftershave lotion, perfumes, food flavorings. |
| Class 4 - Flammable Solids |
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Examples: Matches, fire lighters, naphthalene, phosphorus and metal powders, potassium, calcium carbide, sodium metal. |
| Class 5 - Oxidising Substances |
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Examples: Lead dioxide, fertilizers (ammonium nitrate), weed killers (sodium chlorate), swimming pool chemicals. |
| Class 6 - Toxic & Infectious Substances |
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Examples: Weed killers, pesticides, disinfectants, viable micro-organisms or toxins that cause disease in animal or humans. |
| Class 7 - Radioactive Material |
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Examples: Xenon gas, radioactive medicines. |
| Class 8 - Corrosives |
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Examples: Battery acids and fluids, bromine and all forms of acids. |
| Class 9 - Miscellaneous |
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Examples: Dry ice, magnetized materials, self inflating & life saving devices, electric wheelchairs, cosmetics in small inner packaging if they contain aerosols and/or flammable liquids, drugs in small inner packaging if they contain aerosols and/or flammable liquids, polystyrene beads, plastic moulding material, white asbestos, self propelled vehicles, machines incorporating internal combustion engines, dry coconuts and all forms of liquids. |
