Civil Air Patrol Maj Larry Mattiello Assistant National Safety Officer Assistant National Safety...

Civil Air Patrol

Maj Larry MattielloMaj Larry Mattiello Assistant National Safety OfficerAssistant National Safety Officer

Southwest Region Safety OfficerSouthwest Region Safety Officer lmattiello@airsure.com 917-969-1812917-969-1812

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 Patroland the meaning of

to our members.

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 !