- CAER (Community Awareness Emergency Response) is a non profit public benefit corporation focused on creating a safe and informed public in Contra Costa County. The Safety Sharing Forum Steering Group was formed in 1994 and began discussing lessons learned among facility managers. The group’s ambition is to improve facility operations at local plants.
Our goal is to succeed in raising the bar on the ability of our industry to work more safely in Contra Costa County. CAER is honored to be a participant in this effort spearheaded by a partnership among industry and union leaders. The intentions of these Summits is to choose specific safety topics for discussion each quarter. To develop the topics based on suggestions and priorities that will be set at the previous Safety Summit.
CAER has hosted these Safety Summits since 2000. Today we have completed a total of 70 Safety Summits. The Safety Summits are held quarterly and usually occur in the months of March, June, September and December. They are held at the Shell Clubhouse in Martinez.
2023 Summit Resources
2020-2021 Summit Resources
- East Ohio Gas Company Explosion Sharing
- Shell Norco 1988
- BP Grangemouth Explosion
- Pennzoil Refinery Tank Explosion
- Sunrise Propane Explosion
- Three Mile Island Meltdown
- BP Grangemounth Flare Line
- Port Chicago Explosion
- Lakeview Well
- Gulf Philadelphia Refinery Fire
2018 Summit Resources
2017 Summit Resources
- Top/Casual Learning Presentation
- Safety Summit Silica Presentation
- Top/Casual Learning
- IH Emergency Response Operations and Tactics
- Chevron TOP Investigation
- California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board and the Proposed 5189.1 PSM for Refineries
- Chevron Richmond Refinery Emergency Responder Phase Training
- California Interagency Refinery Task Force Update – March, 2017
- Phillips 66 Lock, Tag, Try