Back to School Safety!

Area public schools begin classes on Monday August 28th.

School Buses, Bicycles and Pedestrians will be out in the early morning and in the early afternoon. 

A few quick tips for a safe school year!

If you are driving -

School buses with flashing yellow lights mean that you should slow down.

Red flashing lights mean you should STOP!

Be on the lookout for children and parents walking around stopped school buses.

Parents, remind your children about bus safety. Teach them the SAFE acronym.

Stay five steps away from the curb.

Always wait until the bus comes to a complete stop and the bus driver signals for you to board.

Face forward after finding a seat on the bus.

Exit the bus after it stops and look left-right-left for cars before crossing a street.

For more Back to School Safety tips, please visit the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website.

Air Combat Command's Combat Edge magazine is a quarterly publication featuring articles from across ACC on safety related topics..

Find the current and past issues at the Combat Edge Magazine Archive.

Interested in sharing your story, or a lesson learned?

Email the Combat Edge staff at acc.thecombatedge@us.af.mil to discuss submissions.

The JBLE Safety Office offers the following courses year round.

To find the course schedule and to register for an upcoming class, click the link to visit our milSuite site.  

Monthly:

Supervisor Safety Training

Motorcycle Safety Foundation Advance Rider's Course

Motorcycle Safety Foundation Basic Rider's Course - 2U

Quarterly:

Unit Safety Representative / Unit Safety Officer Briefing

To report a hazard at JBLE, you can call, or email the Safety Office.

If contacting by email, please use the AF Form 457 or the DA Form 4755. 

Upon receipt, the Safety Office will conduct an investigation within 24 hours for life-threatening hazards.

Other hazard investigations can take up to 10 working days.

Upon conclusion of the investigation, the submitter will be notified of the results.

Supervisor's Mishap Report (AF Form 978)

Definition of a Mishap: an unplanned occurrence, or series of occurrences that result in damage or injury.

Damage or Injury includes:

1. Damage to DoD property (not normal wear and tear)
2. Injury to DoD military personnel on/off-duty
3. Occupational Illness to DoD military/civilian personnel
4. Injury to on-duty DoD civilian personnel
5. Damage to public/private property,  or injury/illness to non-DoD personnel caused by USAF operations

Examples of what to report:

1. Loss of consciousness
2. Physician ordered days off from work
3. Restricted work or transferred position
4. Greater than first aid treatment
5. Vehicle related incident
6. Damage to government property

NOTE: Civilian mishaps that occur OFF-DUTY do not need to be reported.

Click the link to complete the Supervisors Mishap Report (AF Form 978) then send via email to the 633 ABW Safety Office.

Risk Management, at work and at home, is the foundation of the JBLE Safety Program. This decision making process is a way to look at and evaluate challenges.

Four Principles of Risk Management:

• Accept no unnecessary risk
• Make risk decisions at the appropriate level
• Integrate risk management into operations, activities and planning at all levels
• Apply the process cyclically and continuously

To help you with decision making, there are worksheets that can assist you.

AF Form 4437, Deliberate Risk Assessment Worksheet

AF Form 4391, High-Risk Activities Worksheet

DA Form 2977, Deliberate Risk Assessment Worksheet

For more information on Risk Management and how to apply it at work and at home.

Please visit the USAF Safety Center's Risk Management  page.