What does CAER stand for?

In addition, the central station acts as the dispatch center for the local industry and community members of the Brazosport Community Awareness and Emergency Response (CAER) network, a public-private partnership among local schools, the chemical industry, law enforcement, and fire departments.

Participants included the Calleguas Municipal Water District, the Ventura County Community Awareness and Emergency Response Group, the Ventura County Fire Department, the Ventura County Hazardous Materials Response Teams, the county Sheriff's Department, the county Air Pollution Control District, the Oxnard Fire Department, the Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley police departments and the American Red Cross.

Using standards developed by the Registrars Accreditation Board, auditors from ABS examined the Arch Rochester plant's management systems and related quality controls in all seven performance areas covered under the American Chemistry Council's signature Responsible Care(R) initiative: employee health and safety, pollution prevention, manufacturing process safety, security, distribution safety, product stewardship and community awareness and emergency response.