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Explore the meaning of safety in Civil Air Patrol and how it is communicated to members. Discover the Safety Management System (SMS) and the importance of creating a positive safety culture. Tips and reminders for maintaining safety in CAP operations.
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Civil Air Patrol Maj Larry Mattiello Assistant National Safety Officer Southwest Region Safety Officer lmattiello@airsure.com 917-969-1812
Safety What is it??? • Something to talk about • Something to learn • Something to live by
Safety What does SAFETY mean?
Safety Safe[] ty [seyf-tee] Pronunciation key Show IPA Pronunciation - noun, plural -ties. The state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss. The quality of averting or not causing injury, danger, or loss. A contrivance or device to prevent injury or avert danger. The action of keeping safe.
Safety Civil Air Patrol and the meaning of to our members. S A F E T Y
Safety • Getting the message to the membership • Going beyond preaching to the choir • Hearing it, • but understanding the message
Safety message Do we advise or tell the safety message correctly? Does the preacher know what they are saying?
Safety message • Fear of god approach • Do wrong and pay the • consequence! • - What Procedures? • - What Regulations?
Safety message The educated approach - Teach the procedures - Teach the regulations Take ownership - No excuses for accountability - Expands accountability This is leaderships responsibility!
Safety Management System (SMS) • How do we do this? • Developing SMS in the CAP • Safety Management System • What is SMS
Safety Management System (SMS) Safety Management System is a business like approach to safety. It is a systematic, explicit and comprehensive process for managing safety risk. As with all management systems, a safety management system provides for goal settings, planning, and measuring performance. A safety management system is woven into the fabric of an organization. It becomes part of the culture, the way people do their jobs.
Philosophy • Safety management starts with management Philosophy: • Recognize that there will always be threats to safety • Setting the organizations standards • Confirming that safety is everyone’s responsibility
Policy • Specifying how Safety will be achieved • Clear statements of responsibility, authority and accountability • Development of organizational processes and structures to incorporate safety goals into every aspect of the operation • Development of the SKILLS and knowledge necessary to do the job
Procedures • What management wants people to do to execute the policy • Clear direction to ALL staff • Means for planning, organizing and controlling • Means for monitoring and assessing safety status and processes
Practices • What really happens on the job • Following well designed, effective procedures • Avoiding the shortcuts that can detract from safety • Taking appropriate action when a safety concern is identified
Safety Management System (SMS) • CAP’s SMS = POSITIVE SAFETY CULTURE • Environment • Behavior • Culture
CAP Safety Safety pointers for CAP and SMS
CAP Safety • Check your EGO at the door • Understand Crew Resource Management • Listen to and be assertive • Know your situation awareness • Safety before the mission • Raise the bar on recurrent training
CAP Safety • Follow procedures • Follow the regulations • PINC is not allowed !
Team Attitude • Know your team • strengths and limitations • encourage situational awareness • Team or personal ego • inflated ego feeds attitude • complacency possibilities • got away with it before
CAP Safety Nothing is stronger than the HEART of a volunteer General Jimmie Doolittle
CAP Safety It is the responsibility of every member in the CAP to see to it that is returned home every time SAFE !