Public Information Bank - Hazardous Materials

On June 26, 2019, the City of Benicia and the Valero Refinery entered into the Benicia - Valero Cooperation Agreement. This legal agreement provides Benicia residents and visitors new access to various documents such as safety plans, investigation reports, planning documents, and notification reports. This public information bank site was developed to be a single, easy to locate and search repository of information.

By providing transparent access to information, our goal is to have a better informed public. While an informed public is a safer public, it is not possible to completely eliminate all risk. Our citizens need to remain diligent in their preparedness for all types of major disasters. Two of the most important items to assist in preparedness is signing up for emergency alerts and preparing go kits.

We welcome any questions regarding this program. If we are unable to immediately provide an answer, we will perform research and strive to respond in a timely manner.

Public Liaison for Hazardous Materials

Jed Matcham

Division Chief

707-746-4742

HazMatLiaison@ci.benicia.ca.us

Division Chief Jed Matcham began his fire service career in 1989 at the Meeks Bay Fire Protection District. Chief Matcham came to the Benicia Fire Department in August of 2002 as a Paramedic Firefighter. He worked his way up through the ranks of the Department serving as Paramedic Firefighter, Engineer, Captain, and was promoted to Division Chief in March 2018. Chief Matcham has a degree in Fire Sciences and a background in community risk reduction, fire prevention and education, and fire department special operations. Over the length of his career he has received certifications from Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Fire Academy, California Office of Emergency Services, California State Fire Marshal.