2025 Valero Report on Guiding Principles - Flipbook - Page 29
Introduction
Safety
Environment
Community
People
Governance
Appendix
Valero’s Emergency
Response Team (ERT)
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 ERT 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.
THE VALERO PORT ARTHUR REFINERY HOSTS LARGE-SCALE,
MULTIAGENCY DRILL
As part of Valero’s ongoing efforts to improve emergency response,
the Valero Port Arthur Re昀椀nery conducted a comprehensive twoday Worst-Case Discharge Drill, which included participants from
federal, state and local agencies. The drill focused on containment
procedures, environmental monitoring and communication
between agencies to ensure a strong and uni昀椀ed response to
emergency situations.
A Worst-Case Discharge Drill is a rigorous simulation designed
to prepare teams for the most severe potential discharge
scenario. This exercise provided Valero and partner agencies
the opportunity to practice swift workforce coordination, timely
regulatory noti昀椀cations and seamless collaboration to protect
public safety and the environment.
FEATURE STORY
Valero’s ERT Corporate Rescue School Trains on the USS Lexington
Training takes different forms at Valero. Sometimes it is held in training rooms, other times it is done virtually, and yet
sometimes it is done rappelling off an old warship in the Corpus Christi Bay while hovering over a swarm of jelly昀椀sh.
This is what nearly 100 Valero employees from 10 different re昀椀neries encountered while participating in a training held
aboard the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Organizers selected the historic warship as the training site because
of its con昀椀ned spaces similar to those found in re昀椀neries. First-time
attendees began the week-long program with a 50-hour rope
operations course. Midweek, additional employees attended a
separate refresher course. All participants trained in high-angle and
con昀椀ned space rescue training, practicing with both a Sked® stretcher
and a Stokes® basket. These exercises involved securely strapping in
the injured person for safe transport.
At Valero, emergency response teams continue to work on building
strong relationships with outside response personnel and practice
regular drills and assessments to promote response readiness in
support of Valero’s safety programs.
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