COMMITTEES:

• Iberville-Community Awareness Emergency Response Committee (I-CAER) has been organized to assure emergency preparedness and to foster community right-to-know.  Member organizations are comprised of Iberville Parish industry groups that are involved in manufacturing hazardous materials. I-CAER  funds a variety of emergency preparedness projects, such as Safety Town, sirens and guidebooks, and make recommendations to the Iberville Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC). Associate membership, when requested, is granted to companies involved in the storage or transportation of hazardous materials.
• Iberville Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) - The LEPC is responsible for the parish’s emergency all hazard plan, which has been adopted by parish. LEPC holds meetings every other month to address emergency planning and response issues, and is the repository for public documents required by Superfund legislation, including a database of all hazardous chemicals at all Iberville facilities.

Each year I-CAER, LEPC and the Office of Emergency Preparedness participate in public education projects to keep citizens informed of the emergency broadcast systems in place and what to do in the event of an emergency.