Baytown CAP aims to boost safety across industries
Industry safety leaders at Cedar Bayou plant discuss improving safety culture and management practices after high frequency low risk incidents. Panelists cite home injuries, insist safety must be a core value, and warn against normalization of deviation while emphasizing management and employee input. Next Baytown CAP meeting on May 20 features Craig Beskid on air toxics research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henken
Cedar Bayou
David Womack
Bayer
Chemical Safety Board
Texas City
Womack
Barry Baisden
Exxon Mobil
Baisden
Baytown
Craig Beskid
Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center
Baytown weighs CCPD sales tax and firefighter training site
Baytown officials discuss continuing the Crime Control Prevention District with a new nine-officer flex pool to rapidly deploy to crime hotspots like Garth Road. City taxes may rise via CCPD sales tax or property tax, while firefighters push for a multi-building training facility to improve drills, coordination, and lower insurance premiums. A cost analysis is due Thursday.
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Jones
Garth Road
Baytown
CCPD
District 6
Sammy Mahan
Calvin Mundinger
Mahan
Blake
la Porte
Evacuation leadership eyed as regional command favored
Local officials including Chambers County Judge Jimmy Sylvia back a unified statewide evacuation command with the governor ultimately making major calls for large areas from Beaumont to Corpus Christi. They caution local authorities retain power for small scale events and stress improving fuel staging, contraflow lanes, and citizen communications for Rita era readiness.
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Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Eckels
Chambers County
Jimmy Sylvia
Sylvia
Houston
Harris County
Baytown
Calvin Mundinger
Mundinger
Perry
Rita
Fred Hartman
Mont Belvieu
Dayton
Liberty
William King
Houston-Garleston Area
HGAC
Texas
John Whitmire
FEMA
Washington
Whitmire
Tommy Williams
Tribute Message From Family On First Anniversary
A loving note to a wife and mother marks one year since her death, recalling her smile and memories. The family names Robert and the grandchildren, mentions shared games like Skipbo and banana pudding, and vows to be together again in Heaven.
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Mama
Jesus
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Cardona
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Big Bugs
Juanita Earlene Badeaux
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