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Supervisor Safety Boot Camp

Prepare Your Safety Supervisor For Success

Safety Supervisor Boot Camp

Safety Supervisor Boot Camp- Prepare your Supervisor for Success

In today’s world of over-regulation, Safety Managers and Safety Supervisors are at personal risk. Understanding ALL current and new laws, including AB 2774 (which strengthens CAL/OSHA’s enforcement authority), and how they impact Management’s responsibilities, is CRITICAL to the job!

Our Safety Boot Camp is designed not only to explain new and current laws, but to teach Managers and Supervisors how to avoid conditions that may lead to severe personal penalties as well as  employee injuries and personal risk.  We will also provide in-depth insight into Supervisor Responsibilities per Title 8 3200.

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Our Course Instructors have REAL WORLD experience of over 74 years combined. They have instructed at both Community College and University levels and are certified in Occupational Health and Safety.   BRING YOUR QUESTIONS!!!

All Participants receive:

  • Course Handbook
  • Documentation Handbook (valued at $195.00)
  • Thumb drive with Reference Handouts
  • Certificate of Completion
  • Continental Breakfast and Lunch
  • Door Prizes
  • Continuing Education Units
  • Contact Hours

What You Will Learn:

  • Overview of CAL-OSHA
  • Title 8 Sec. 3203 HPP
  • Supervisor Liability
  • 7 Ways to Build a Safety Culture
  • Permit & Non-Permit Confined Space
  • Fall Protection & Prevention
  • LOTO & Equipment Guarding
  • Training Requirements
  • JSAs Hazard Identification Workshop
  • Demonstration of New Innovative Safety Equipment
  • Independent Employee Action
  • Hazwoper 5192
  • Ladders
  • Heat Standard
  • Respiratory Protection

Register NOW for this vital course in Supervisor Safety to protect yourself and your employees!

 

Preventing Incendiary Fires in Schools

Preventing incendiary fires in schools is important.  Incendiary fires affect school safety-  Arson and incendiary fires are a serious problem in schools throughout the United States.   School districts across the country are experiencing an alarming increase in school site incendiary fires. For years, the public has perceived incendiary and arson fires as  simply a matter for the insurance industry and as crimes with limited impact on anyone other than the insurer. As firefighters who have been injured or killed responding to incendiary or suspicious fires and hundreds of civilians who have been victims of these fires would attest, arson is a significant concern for everyone!

What are the differences between Incendiary, Suspicious, and Arson Fires? Incendiary fires are deliberately set and considered an arson offense. Suspicious fires have many of the characteristics of incendiary fires, but have not decisively been deemed an incendiary fire. They are, however, included in the estimation of the size of the arson problem. Arson is the crime of setting an incendiary fire. Motivation for these fires can include vandalism, fraud, crime cover-up, hate crime, politics, suicide, murder, and the compulsion of mentally ill persons.   Arson and Incendiary Fire Statistics

  • Some 500,000 arson fires occur each year.
  • Incendiary and suspicious fires account for the majority of multiple-death fires and are the single largest cause of loss due to fire.
  • One fifth of all property loss is due to arson.
  • Arson is the leading cause of financial losses from fire, exceeding $2 billion annually.
  • Young adults account for 55 percent of arson arrests.
  • Over $2 billion in financial losses from fire are caused by incendiary fires each year.

  More Than an Insurance Claim Years ago as a firefighter, I witnessed the emotional trauma students and staff experienced following a major fire that occurred late one evening on their elementary school campus. The fire was later determined to be of incendiary origin. When my engine company arrived, the school library and one classroom were fully involved in fire, necessitating complete overhaul of the structures. Students were visibly devastated when they arrived at school the next morning to find their damaged educational materials and art projects piled up in the courtyard and the library and classroom completely destroyed. A deep sense of loss was evident. In a period of eight years, there were 4,836 such incendiary fires in nonresidential schools, resulting in $37,244,671 in property losses, an estimated $13,874,921 in content losses and 35 injured firefighters reported in the state of California. A recent loss to a school district was estimated between $750,000 and $1,000,000 in property and content loss. Factors usually not considered when calculating the property and content loss of a structure fire include personnel costs, temporary housing, evaluations of structures, and environmental hazards and cleanup. Physical injury and emotional trauma suffered by fire victims are difficult to calculate in tangible terms, however they are significant losses to be considered.

What Can We Do? Arson is a sadistic crime that impacts an entire community. School districts must take action to prevent this destructive crime by implementing an arson prevention program. The arson prevention checklist provided in this article may be used as a guide to help school districts begin building their arson prevention programs. It is also important to involve local fire and police officials by requesting specific arson risk assessments at all school district facilities. Keep in mind that some actions will require district funding, so commitment at all levels is crucial in reducing the opportunity for acts of arson and vandalism.   Checklist for Arson Prevention in Schools

  • Request an arson risk assessment from your local fire marshal or police officials. (They can make specific recommendations to reduce the risk of arson in local schools.)
  •  Establish a good working relationship with your local fire and law enforcement officials in your area.
  • Report all vandalism to site administration.
  • Install perimeter floodlights outside school buildings and use motion-activated lighting near doors and windows.
  • Consider installing metal clad locks on entrance doors and door frames.
  • Trim shrubs and vegetation low to the ground. Maintaining trimmed vegetation removes hiding places for criminals and reduces easy access to buildings.
  • Consider installing adequate burglar alarm systems, if not already in place.
  • Participate in a neighborhood watch program in the community.
  • Practice good key-entry control that prevents unauthorized entry to school facilities.
  • Call the fire department for all fires, regardless of size. (2001 California Fire Code CCR Title 24 Part 9, Section 1302.2, Reporting Emergencies. In the event a fire occurs or the discovery of a fire, smoke or unauthorized release of flammables or hazardous materials on any property occurs, the owner or occupant shall, without delay, report such condition to the fire department.)
  • Carefully investigate all fires.
  • Keep combustible materials inside and outside of school buildings to a minimum.
  • Maintain automatic sprinkler systems, fire alarms, gas shutoffs and main electrical power panels.
  • Improve automatic sprinkler systems and fire detection systems to remedy identified hazards.
  • Establish a fire/vandalism reporting system for all fires and vandalism regardless of size.
  • Store flammable liquids in locked, flammable storage cabinets.
  • Conduct training activities and student instruction concerning arson.
  • Initiate a master plan for arson prevention involving staff, nearby neighborhoods, community members, fire and police officials.
  • Initiate a school site fire prevention plan.