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Emergency Management
Planning
Valero’s Emergency Response
Team (ERT)
Our emergency management planning includes:
Training plays an important part in developing and
maintaining the skills required to respond effectively to
emergency situations. Valero is committed to providing
each member of the Emergency Response Team the
opportunity to attend training necessary for developing
and maintaining the skills and knowledge required
to be an ERT member. During training, ERT members
prepare for a variety of scenarios, expand their skills,
share information from experience and mentor new
members. At each site, the ERT maintains strong
relationships with local community response personnel
by participating
in joint drills and
assessments.
Frequent ERT
training exercises
promote excellent
response
readiness.
• Emergency response plans at each facility that
comply with all local, state and federal regulations
and are regularly updated with third-party
assessments to ensure excellence.
• Certifying equipment and facilities are maintained
in fully functional condition and are readily available
along with trained personnel when needed for
emergency response.
• Ensuring qualified emergency response teams
with strong relationships with third-party response
personnel are present on-site.
• Performing regular drills and assessments to
promote response readiness and alignment with our
Goal Zero program.
• Allocating critical capital resources to emergency
planning and response in the strategic planning
and capital budget processes to make our facilities
efficient and resilient.
• Employing the use of emerging technologies to
optimize decision-making and response execution.
Ninety-three ERT members from 11 Valero
refineries participated in the Corporate
Rescue School in Salt Lake City. ERT
members were immersed in a week-long
program that included training on new
techniques with equipment designed to
make performing rescues more efficient
during challenging scenarios.
Supporting Our Local
First Responders
In 2022, Valero contributed new breathing apparatuses
to the Three Rivers Volunteer Fire Department (TRVFD).
“This means the world to us. This year has been
rough due to the dry winter and spring months. Our
maintenance and upkeep costs are triple what they
have been in previous years.”
- Chief Henry Pullin, Three Rivers Volunteer Fire
Department
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