HOUSTON and WESSELING,
Germany, July 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- LyondellBasell
(NYSE: LYB), one of the world's largest plastics, chemicals and
refining companies, today announced a donation of €36,000 to the
Stadtfeuerwehrverband Köln (Cologne Firefighters Association) that
will be used to provide specialized training for the professional
and volunteer firefighters of the Cologne City Fire Brigade at the prestigious
Falck Fire Academy in The
Netherlands.
"We are deeply grateful for the service firefighters provide to
the community and to our company," said Bob
Patel, LyondellBasell's CEO. "One way we can honor their
dedication is to ensure they receive training in the latest
firefighting techniques. We are very pleased to assist the
firefighters of Cologne as they
support the continued safety of our 2,550 onsite workers as well as
the broader community."
The donation was presented as part of LyondellBasell's annual
Global Safety Day. This event provides the opportunity for
employees and contractors to attend special workshops and training
sessions about safety at home and at work. It serves as a reminder
of the importance of safety and helps to drive improvements in
occupational and process safety.
"LyondellBasell is committed to being a good neighbor in the
communities where we operate," said Henk de
Boon, LyondellBasell's Wesseling, Germany site manager. "This training program
will not only benefit our local firefighters, but also the citizens
in our community and the nearly 70,000 people working in the
chemical industry locally."
Johannes Feyrer, managing
director of the Cologne City
firefighting association said, "I am impressed by this
unprecedented support from LyondellBasell. This generous donation
represents a very special form of appreciation for the work of the
2,000 professional and volunteer firefighters in the City of Cologne. This training allows us to
provide better service to the community and increase the safety of
the firefighters in action. It also enables us to effectively
collaborate better with the firefighters from the various chemical
companies."
The Falck Fire Academy (formerly known as Falck Risc) offers
consultancy, education and training for emergency organizations
worldwide in the prevention and management of emergency
situations.
The donation of training is LyondellBasell's most recent effort
to partner with the City Fire Brigade of Cologne. The company regularly coordinates
with the fire brigades in the region to cross train at its
Wesseling and Knapsack, Germany
facilities in order to increase overall response effectiveness.
LyondellBasell's Wesseling site is the company's largest
facility in Europe. Many of the
employees serve as volunteer firefighters in their local
communities. The site manufactures film used for food packaging,
pipe materials used in municipal water systems and industrial
heating systems, and products for the healthcare
industry.
LyondellBasell is committed to supporting first responders
globally and earlier this year the company announced a donation to
fund specialized training for six fire departments in the
Houston, Texas region at the Texas
A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), an
internationally-recognized leader in emergency response training
and firefighting.
About LyondellBasell
LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) is one
of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the
world. Driven by its 13,000 employees around the globe,
LyondellBasell produces materials and products that are key to
advancing solutions to modern challenges like enhancing food safety
through lightweight and flexible packaging, protecting the purity
of water supplies through stronger and more versatile pipes, and
improving the safety, comfort and fuel efficiency of many of the
cars and trucks on the road. LyondellBasell sells products into
approximately 100 countries and is the world's largest licensor of
polyolefin and polypropylene technologies.
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