Who is CAER?
In 1985, several Ascension Parish Chemical Companies joined forces, brought together by their desire to educate area residents about the industry’s function in the community. The result is the 15-member Ascension Parish Chemical Industry’s Community Awareness Emergency Response, or CAER, Committee. The 14 chemical company representatives, and the Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness that make up CAER, comprised a program designed to inform the community about the chemical industry, what it manufactures, and what chemicals are used in the plants. Since its beginning, the CAER Committee has been actively involved in providing the Ascension Parish community with new and up-to-date information about chemical emission, inventories and emergency procedures.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION

Because we CAER.
The Ascension Parish Chemical Industry’s CAER Committee has installed a 26-siren community alerting system, designed to be heard within an approximate radius of 2.5 miles of each plant, in the area in which the plants are located. The system will provide effective early warning for the community.

IF THERE IS A CHEMICAL EMERGENCY that could pose a threat to people who are near the chemical plants, the sirens will be activated, emitting a loud pulsing signal only in areas where immediate action is necessary.

HOW CAN I FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SIREN EMERGENCY ALERTING SYSTEM?
You may contact one of these CAER member companies:

Air Products & Chemicals	677-7007
BASF Corporation	673-6000
CF Industries	473-8291
Dupont	473-5986
Honeywell Specialty Chemicals	642-8311
Lion Copolymer	673-8871
OxyChem	473-5000
PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer	621-1500
Praxair	673-8831
Rubicon, Inc.	673-6141
Shell Chemical LP	201-6222
Terra Industries, Inc.	473-9231
Westlake Vinyls	673-6121
Williams Olefins - Geismar	642-2100
Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness	621-8360

TO REPORT A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT DIAL 9-1-1