Launch of Bluewater Association for Safety, Environment, and Sustainability
The Board of Directors for Community Awareness Emergency Response (CAER), the Industrial Educational Cooperative (IEC) and Sarnia-Lambton Environmental Association (SLEA) are pleased to announce the launch of the Bluewater Association for Safety, Environment, and Sustainability (BASES).
BASES represents a commitment to regional excellence across Sarnia-Lambton by our member companies working collaboratively with our communities, all levels of government, First Nations, local contractors, building and construction trades, and Lambton College.
All information pertaining to CAER, IEC and SLEA now lives on www.lambtonbases.ca as a central ‘hub’ for the interactive exchange of information in Sarnia-Lambton related to the protection of workers, the community, and the environment. The design and build of the new website included significant consultations with many members of our community.
The existing My Community Notification Network (MyCNN) services includes advisories for extreme weather, road closures, missing persons, and evacuations. The integration of MyCNN with BASES now offers the public the ability to subscribe to receive notifications directly from our member sites. Over the coming months each site will begin to post notices to MyCNN for public access. Our goal is to initiate this change, adjust based on feedback from the public, and have all members actively posting by the end of 2021. MyCNN is offered free of charge and more information on how to register is available at www.lambtonbases.ca.
The BASES website will provide visitors with improved access to a variety of resources, publications, and local information relevant to health, safety, and environment. Member companies are also able to post their notifications and stories onto the website for centralized regional reference.
“The foundations of CAER, IEC and SLEA include open sharing of knowledge, drive for improvement, and achieving regional goals through teamwork,” says Vince Gagner, General Manager of BASES. “All three organizations began as individual entities; however, over time, the shared goal to understand and manage risk created many natural connections. These ties evolved to create a bridge under one new brand that gives a more holistic perspective on health, safety and environment and aligns with the broader principles of Responsible Care® and sustainability,” he added.
BASES would like to recognize the people and organizations who had the vision to create the three original organizations beginning some 7 decades ago. Their legacy of innovation is not only preserved under the BASES brand – it is accelerated. With this shift, we will work to ensure that Sarnia-Lambton will continue to be recognized as the benchmark for regional collaboration both in Canada and the world.
ASSUMPTION, WAIVER, AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
Please read all the terms and conditions of this assumption, waiver, and indemnity agreement (this “Waiver”) with the Bluewater Association for Safety, Environment, and Sustainability, an Ontario not-for-profit corporation, (“BASES”) because, by agreeing, you will waive many of your legal rights, including, but not limited to, your right to sue or claim relief from BASES.
By clicking the ACCCEPT button, “I agree to the assumption, waiver, and indemnity agreement”, or by using the Sarnia-Lambton Alerts Emergency Notifications service, which is powered by Everbridge, Inc. (“Everbridge”), and all information, content, materials, communications, and services related to such Notifications service (collectively, the “Service”), you (the “User”) hereby agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions of this Waiver:
- VOLUNTARY ASSUMPTION OF RISK. The User acknowledges and agrees that:
- BASES has retained Everbridge to provide the Service, which is for general information purposes and are provided “as is”;
- Everbridge is responsible in all respects as to the performance and efficacy of the Service;
- BASES sole involvement is the retention of Everbridge to provide the Service to the User;
- the User’s use of the Service may not be accurate, complete, useful, timely, error-free, or malware-free; and
- to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, BASES disclaims all conditions and warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, non-interference, system integration, and accuracy of data.
Additionally, the User is solely responsible for any damage to the User’s computer system or loss of data, any risk, danger, or hazards, and any possibility of injury that may result from the use or reliance on the Service, whether caused by the negligence or gross negligence of BASES or otherwise. - WAIVER. I hereby waive and release all claims that I have or may in the future have against BASES, its affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, shareholders, successors, and assigns (collectively, “Releasees”), arising out of my use of the Services, due to any cause whatsoever, including without limitation the negligence, gross negligence, breach of contract, or conduct of any other kind on the part of any Releasee. I shall not bring any such claim waived and released against any Releasee.
- INDEMNIFICATION: I shall indemnify and hold harmless the Releasees against all losses, costs (including reasonable legal fees) or damages of whatever kind, arising from my use of the Services and the enforcement of this obligation.
- Governing Law and Venue. Ontario law governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Waiver. The User irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of the Ontario courts. The User shall bring any proceeding against any of the Releasees in the courts of Sarnia, ON.
- Severability. I intend for this Waiver to be interpreted as broad as the law permits and if any of its provisions are held to be invalid, the balance shall continue in full legal force and effect.
- Entire Agreement. This Waiver constitutes the entire agreement between BASES and me with respect to the subject matter contained in this Waiver.