Community awareness

Community Awareness and Emergency Response, under Responsible Care (CAER)... 

A plant team working with the Pampa fire department brought the fire under control. The Chemical Manufacturers Association s Community Awareness Emergency Response Program (CARE), developed after the Bhopal disaster was credited with effectiveness of their efforts in putting out the fire. 

The new law is more specific than tlie original statute witli regard to remedies to be used at Superfund sites, public participation, and accomplislmicnt of cleanup activities. The most important part of SARA with respect to public participation is Title III. wliich addresses the important issues of community awareness and participation in the event of a chemical release. 

Community Awareness and Emergency Response Handbook, Chemical Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC (1989). 

CAER Community Awareness and Emergency Response a program developed by the Chemical Manufacturers Association to provide guidance for chemical plant managers to assist them in cooperating with local communities to develop integrated hazardous materials response plans. 

Community awareness and emergency response (ACC Responsible Care) Calorie per gram... 

While the project has raised the overall community awareness and interest in the value of its ethnobotanical knowledge, the Shaman s Apprentice Program specifically addressed... 

Training of the local populace can best be initiated through a community awareness campaign in which the community can become familiar with the facility, its processes and the potential hazards they present, and plant personnel with whom they would interact during an emergency. 

The Responsible Care program of the American Chemistry Council embraces HMACs as one good way to communicate relevant and useful information that responds to public concerns for safety, health, and the environment. However, managers are finding many other ways to interact with the public to achieve a fuller measure of community awareness and involvement in affairs of mutual interest. Among the many options from which a manager may choose are the following ... 

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) Community Awareness and Emergency Response (CAER) program provides comprehensive guidelines for the development and implementation of an ERP. The CAER program has been expanded to include all aspects of the chemical industry in an initiative called Responsible Care. 

Chemical Manufacturers Association. Community Awareness Emergency Response Program Handbook Chemical Manufacturers Association Washington, DC, 1985. 

Emergency preparedness a yes score has been awarded since Community Awareness and Emergency Response (CAER) is reported in the short CER, and specific mention is made of the use of community advisory panels in that process. 

The Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA) Responsible Care Program is designed to provide CMA members with guidance regarding safety, health, and environmental quality. The program includes six codes of practice covering Community Awareness and Emergency Response (CAER), Pollution Prevention, Process Safety, Distribution, Employee Health and Safety, and Product Stewardship. 

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