Transcript Background to the Project

Resource Roads and Radio Use Changes 2007
SAFETY IMPLICATIONS
Why is this necessary?
• too many crashes and close calls because of
lack of communication or miscommunication
• inconsistencies in calling procedures,
signage, area frequencies
• too many channel changes, especially in
multiple user situations (other industries, more
than one mill or contractor, etc)
• mobility of trucks – moving around the
province, working in different areas because of
weather and seasonal changes, truck
shortages, BCTS, longer hauls, 2 way hauls,
mountain pine beetle, dimension logs,
specialized mills....
Why is this necessary?
• to reduce incidences of crashes in
the bush because somebody was on
the wrong channel
• to ensure that wherever you are in
the province, you have the right
channel in your radio
• to clear channels of non-forestry
users
Both these incidents were loaded trucks
rearending other loaded trucks in adverse
weather conditions – top, dust, Summer
06; bottom, fog, Winter 06. Fortunately
both drivers lived; both weren’t on the
right channel because they were short
term hauls, so didn’t get channels
programmed into their radios.
How will this make the
roads safer?
• every radio-equipped vehicle
will have the same resource
road safety channels
programmed in across the
province
• dedicated resource road
safety channels will be clearly
identified by specific signage,
which will ensure clear
communication
• road channels will not be
used for loading channels
Forestry TruckSafe’s Commitment
• education of road users around new radio
channels and usage
• communication with road users through
Forest Safety Council website, Rumblings
newsletter, presentations, media, public
meetings
• exploring options on finding funding assistance for re-programming
with new channels in pilot areas
• communications with Industry Canada and BC Timber Sales re: radiouse related incidents on roads
• development of regional “radio calling procedures” with stakeholders
Forestry TruckSafe’s Commitment
cont’d
• to support BCTS contractors by
providing information packages
• to educate non-forestry resource
road users – oil & gas, mining,
guiding, tourism, service industry
• to provide web-based on-going
support that will allow road users to
identify what channels are used
where; who is using them, what the
“rules of the road are” and what the
radio calling protocols are
• provide “hotline” support to deal
with issues as they arise
Because the bottom line is.....
Contact Info:
MaryAnne Arcand
Director, Forestry TruckSafe & Northern Initiatives
1-877-324-1212 or 250-612-2267
[email protected]
www.bcforestsafe.org
“unsafe is unacceptable”