ERAC
Q4 Newsletter

Volume III Issue IIII
December 2015
Message from the President
Spencer Buckland 

Best wishes and Season Greetings!
 
It is hard to believe that the end of 2015 is fast approaching. This has been an outstanding year for ERAC, as there has been so many ongoing positive changes to allow ERAC to better prepare and respond to incidents for our Plan Participants. We continue to evolve and mature as an organization and work closely...

In This Issue
LPG Division Update
Don Merriam - Operations Manager, LPG

The training and assessment sessions have been completed for 2015. Thank you to all the Response Team Leaders for their work in organizing the events and to the Technical Advisors (TAs), Remedial Measures Advisors (RMAs) and Response Team Members for participating. I would also like to thank our Plan Participants who had provided locations, product and containers for these sessions. Without their contribution, we could not have the live transfer activities that are key in maintaining... Read more

Flammable Liquids Division Update
Patrick Knight - Operations Manager, Flammable Liquids

2015 has been a busy year for ERAC with Regional training sessions and continuous improvement of our national preparedness program. I would like to thank all the Flammable Liquids Response Teams for their participation in the 2015 Regional training cycle, at which we assessed 11 teams across Canada. In addition, I would also like to thank all the Technical Advisors (TAs) for participating in the Regional training and assessments we held with all the teams... Read more 

Plan Participant Information and an Update to Responders on SafetySync
Cheryl Dahlager - Manager, Process Services

During the week of December 7th, the Canadian Propane Association (CPA) mailed out all 2016 ERAC Plan Participant invoices. If you have not received your invoice or if your invoice needs to be updated and/or changed (volumes, tier level or contact information), please notify me with the necessary changes as soon as possible. As a reminder, please... Read more
Safety & Quality Update
Ken McMullen - Manager, Safety & Quality Improvement

This quarter has been quite busy in relation to developing new initiatives, new programs and planning for improvements in 2016. The roll-out of ERAC's revised Health and Safety Manual and revised Quality Manual... Read more
Spotlight on ERAC's Key Performance Indicators
ERAC LPG Response Team Average Response Times for 2011-2015

 

ERAC Flammable Liquids Response Team Average Response Times for
2014-2015

 

2015 LPG Incidents by Province

 

2015 Flammable Liquids Incidents by Province

 

2015 ERAC Emergency Call Centre (ECC) Statistics

 

LPG Plan Participants between 2011-2015

 

Flammable Liquids
Plan Participants
between 2014-2015

 

2015 ERAC
Operating Budget