Safety Summit

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. 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 77 Safety Summits. These Safety Summits are held in the months of March or April, September and December. We try to hold three summits per year.They are held at the Martinez Refining Company Clubhouse.

2025 Summit Resources

2024 Summit Resources

• MRC Goal Zero Culture
• CAER 
• Heat Stress
•  Safety Summit
• The Bhopal Gas Tragedy 40th Memorial
• ISO Tank Terminal Amendments 
• Western States Petroleum CAER Safety Summit 74
• VPPPA IX presentation 
• PSM CAER Meeting

2023 Summit Resources

•  Eye of Diablo
• History of CWS
• Thirty Years Ago
• I-780 Benicia Asphalt Spill
• Nustar
• MRC Drum Update
• Huskey Presented by CSB