Nov. 30, 2015 2015 Senior Leaders' Winter/Holiday Safety Message Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody send a holiday safety message to highlight the importance of taking care of yourself and taking care of each other during this winter/holiday season.Link
Nov. 20, 2015 Colombian Air Force visits Air Force Safety Center Members of the Colombian Air Force participate in a discussion of aviation safety during a visit to the Air Force Safety Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., on Nov. 16, 2015. The purpose of the visit was to strengthen a common approach to safeguarding airmen and to explore how the international
Nov. 18, 2015 AETC battles National 'epidemic' What's worse than drinking and driving? According to statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, texting and driving. As a matter of fact, texting while driving is about six times more likely to cause an accident than driving intoxicated.That's why Air Education and Training
Nov. 5, 2015 Long roadways, hard choices Service member, if it's your first time around base and you did not consider a drive down our most dangerous road, you need to really see what the locals here like to call "... I'll-kill-ya-highway."I think it may have passed you, without notice.Consider this a lesson, not a scolding. First, put
Nov. 4, 2015 Does Zero have value? What could someone who has wrestled with risk management the better part of his adult life say about the value of zero? I'd say zero has enormous value and for that very reason, the Air Force is on a quest for zero - zero workplace hazards, zero injuries and zero fatalities.Are zero safety mishaps
Oct. 27, 2015 NYANG firefighters conduct joint search and rescue training Firefighters from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing, 106th Rescue Wing, and 105th AW, from Scotia, Long Island, and Newburgh respectively, met up at Camp Smith, New York, Oct. 20, to complete three days of joint search and rescue training.The Airmen trained on high-angle rescues
Oct. 27, 2015 Have fun, be safe this Halloween When I was a kid, my favorite character and what I dressed up as for Halloween was this homemade Godzilla costume my mom made. It wasn't anything extraordinary as the costumes in today's world are, but I was a huge Godzilla fan and it was something "unique" in my small town (what can I say, I'm a
Oct. 13, 2015 Air Force Safety Center offers AF COOL Credentialing to all safety professionals Air Force Credentialing Opportunities Online, or AF COOL, begun in January 2015, recognizes 16 fee-paid certifications for Air Force members. Five of these are specific to Air Force occupational safety. They are: Certified Safety Professional, Associate Safety Professional, Occupational Health &
Oct. 2, 2015 New name for Air Force Ground Safety is an expansion of vision conceived by Gen. Hap Arnold The Air Force Ground Safety program was re-branded as Occupational Safety with an official name change Oct. 1.Gen. Henry "Hap" Arnold, commanding general of the U.S. Army Air Forces, coined the name "ground safety" in 1943 when he directed a ground safety division standup to prevent jeep accidents.