B737-700
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 126
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Weight And Balance
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors; Procedure
During departure from ZZZ everything was normal at the gate other than running slightly behind schedule. The Gate Agent was very busy with boarding passengers and other duties. After a normal taxi; takeoff; and climbout; we received an ACARS message from Dispatch while passing through FL 260. The messages stated the following: 'you have slides in your forward cargo bin. The weight was accounted for correctly; however; the Gate Agent forget to give you the HAZMAT paperwork.' I am paraphrasing; that was the basic message. We felt safe to continue to destination without further issues. Mistakes happen. My only suggestion would be if possible; when HAZMAT is on the aircraft; include that in the remarks section of the [Weight and Balance]; that would be another possible way to catch missing paperwork.
B737-700 Captain reported receiving notification during climbout that HAZMAT flight documents were not included on flight crew release.