Guidelines for the preparation of national and plant level contingency plans for industrial accidents in the WACAF region have been prepared. A generalized procedure for conducting an industrial hazard analysis is presented. Information on the current state of preparedness and intervention capability in case of major industrial accidents was collected during field missions to Liberia and Senegal. A regional Industrial risk assessment for the WACAF region has been carried out based on calculation of relative (a) fire and explosion risk, and (b) environmental risk for the major industrial sectors and the five geographical zones which make up the region.