Air Force Safety Center News

Winter Driving; Are you Prepared?

Audra Flanagan — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 16:18:00 GMT

With snow and winter weather forecasted in the coming days, it’s important to re-familiarize

Motorcycle mentorship ride refreshes safety skills

Airman 1st Class Shannon Moorehead, 375th Air Mobility wing — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 22:03:00 GMT

The Scott Air Force Base Safety Office and the Scott Motorcycle Safety Foundation host the Fall Mentorship Ride Oct. 9, providing riders the opportunity to refresh their knowledge of motorcycle safety.

Community partners with SAFB for storm water management

Christine Spargur — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 19:55:00 GMT

Storm water management is an ongoing initiative under Scott Air Force Base’s Community Partnership P4 (public-public, public-private) Program. Base subject matter experts with the 375th Civil Engineer Squadron and federal agencies such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife meet regularly with leaders in the industry, as well as local officials, to identify opportunities to improve water flow and mitigate flood risks throughout the region.

Fire Prevention Week 2020

Senior Airman Jennifer Zima — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 19:33:00 GMT

The 423rd Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters hosted national Fire Prevention Week at RAF Alconbury and RAF Molesworth, Oct. 5-9, 2020. . Since 1922, national Fire Prevention Week educates the public about the importance of pre-planning actions they should take to keep themselves and their families safe from fire mishap.

Mission Monday: Aerospace and Operational Physiology Flight

DoD News — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:54:00 GMT

Sgt. Leslie Batten, NCOIC of Aerospace and Operational Physiology Flight monitors Capt. Pierre

Winter is coming: practice driving safely

Airman 1st Class Jonathan Whitely — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 21:52:00 GMT

With winter’s icy grasp around the corner, it’s important Airmen understand proper winter driving

Fire Prevention Week kicks off at JB MDL

Daniel Barney — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 19:55:00 GMT

U.S. Air Force Colonel Bridget Gigliotti, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and 87th Air Base Wing commander, Chief Master Sgt. Tony Jenkins, 87 ABW command chief, and John Courgis, 87th Civil Engineering Squadron Fire Prevention assistant chief, pose with the signed Commander’s Proclamation for Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 5, 2020 at Joint Base MDL, N.J. Fire Prevention begins October 4th and runs until October 10th. The goal of Fire Prevention Week is to raise fire safety awareness around the JB MDL Community.

Fire Prevention Week serves up kitchen safety

Lauren Russell — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 17:54:00 GMT

The Hanscom Fire Department is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association to recognize Fire Prevention Week here Oct. 4 through 10. The 2020 campaign is “Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen!” and is geared to educate the community on simple steps to take to educate people of important actions to keep themselves and their families safe.

McConnell AFB Fire Department educates residents during Fire Prevention Week

22nd Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 17:43:00 GMT

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- The McConnell Air Force Base Fire Department is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association, to promote this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen!”

Arnold motorists urged to take caution as return of peak deer-vehicle collision season approaches

John Lamb, AEDC Facility Support Services — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 16:18:00 GMT

Every year, there are more than one million deer-vehicle collisions, or DVCs, in the United States

Shaw FD honors Fire Prevention Week

Shaw Fire Department — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 05:00:00 GMT

The Shaw AFB Fire Department is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) — the official sponsor of Fire Prevention Week for more than 90 years —to promote this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen!” The campaign works to educate everyone about simple but important actions they can take to keep themselves and those around them safe.

Fall is more than a season that's upon us

Tech. Sgt. Gary Lund — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 15:26:00 GMT

Falls can happen in several different ways and there are four A’s we can practice in order to prevent slips, trips and falls in the future. Fall prevention can be practiced; not just for the upcoming fall season, but also year round.

764th ESS hosts second commercial solution opening event, offers contract for BASH data collection

Tech. Sgt. Rachel Waller — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:58:00 GMT

According to the U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces in Africa safety office, bird and wildlife aircraft strike hazards are some of the most prominent aviation hazards in the command’s area of operations that spans 104 nations.

IEAFA concludes Aviation Safety Program Management course, introduces VR Crash Lab

Lt. Col. Robin Cadow — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 10:03:00 GMT

The Inter-European Air Forces Academy and subject matter experts from U.S. Air Forces in Europe Safety Office successfully concluded a two-week Inter-European Aviation Safety Program Management course in Tallinn, Estonia, strengthening alliances and building partnerships, Sept. 25, 2020.

Edwards FES announces Fire Truck Parade to support Fire Prevention Week

Edwards Fire and Emergency Services — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 22:08:00 GMT

Edwards Fire and Emergency Services and base leadership are hosting a fire truck parade on Oct. 4, at beginning at 10 a.m. in support of this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen!”

P-S GAR safety conducts confined spaces training

Airman 1st Class Jonathan Whitely — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 18:50:00 GMT

The Peterson-Schriever Garrison safety office led a confined spaces training in collaboration with the 21st Medical Squadron bioenvironmental flight and the Schriever Fire Department Sept. 24 at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, to ensure the 50th Space Communications Squadron members could execute their duty requirements.

ROBOpilot Unmanned Air Platform returns to flight

DoD News — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 17:33:00 GMT

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Center for Rapid

Joint Effort, Joint Reward

Maj. Meghan Smith — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 18:25:00 GMT

A joint effort construction project on Westover’s explosive ordinance disposal proficiency training range began this week. The new additions to the training site will provide increased safety and enhanced training capabilities.

18 SPCS now predicts debris-on-debris collisions in space, enhancing Space Domain Awareness for all

Maj. Cody Chiles — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 17:53:00 GMT

For the first time, the Combined Force Space Component Command’s 18th Space Control Squadron began publically sharing data for debris-on-debris conjunction predictions via www.Space-Track.org, Sept. 24. Previously, the 18 SPCS only released debris-on-active satellite conjunction prediction data publically due to limited conjunction screening and reporting capacity. Through a project titled Reduction of Conjunction Assessment Processing (ReCAP), 18 SPCS personnel reduced the daily number of legacy low to no-risk early conjunction reporting to satellite owners and operators by more than 30 percent. Additionally, the 18 SPCS increased the total number of objects screened daily by more than 350 percent.

Safety office to host motorcycle mentorship ride

Lauren Russell — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 16:45:00 GMT

Officials from the base Safety Office are hosting a motorcycle mentorship training and ride at the conference center here Oct. 1. The event will meet the refresher training requirement, needed every five years, for riders who are overdue or will be overdue soon. The training will not fulfill the intermediate training requirement, but all riders are welcome to attend the training and group ride.