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Safety Shorts: Off-Duty

MEDIA Safety Shorts Off Duty

Off-duty hours account for a significant portion of preventable mishaps. These Safety Shorts help personnel manage risk during recreational activities, seasonal events, and everyday life. From motorcycle safety and boating to hiking, grilling, and privately owned weapons handling, each topic emphasizes personal responsibility and smart decision-making.

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Preventable Mishaps - A Holistic ...
Preventable Mishaps - A Holistic ...
From an individual view, it is easy to dismiss the importance of the safety brief you’ve “already heard a hundred times” or the necessity of applying the risk management process to both your on- and off-duty ...
Boating Safety - What's Your Recipe ...
Boating Safety - What's Your Recipe ...
Each year, hundreds of lives are lost, thousands are injured, and millions of dollars of property damage occurs because of preventable recreational boating mishaps on U.S. waterways. Too often pleasure outings turn ...
Grilling Safety: What’s Your Recipe ...
Grilling Safety: What’s Your Recipe ...
Before you fire up your grill and find yourself in a situation that is too hot to handle, follow these safety tips: Use propane and charcoal grills outdoors only. Grilling inside any type of enclosed space, ...
Hiking Safety: What’s Your Recipe ...
Hiking Safety: What’s Your Recipe ...
Hiking is a great way to experience the outdoors, and many consider it to be a fairly “safe” sport. However, each year Soldiers are fatally injured in hiking mishaps. Regardless of the length or ...
Motorcycles: What’s Your Recipe for ...
Motorcycles: What’s Your Recipe for ...
Riding a motorcycle is statistically more dangerous than driving a car, but the risk depends heavily on rider behavior, safety gear, and road conditions. These are essential ingredients to manage your ...
Pedestrian Safety: What’s Your ...
Pedestrian Safety: What’s Your ...
The same factors that make drinking and driving a dangerous undertaking are equally true of drinking and walking. If you are adding alcohol to your recipe, it’s a good idea to add a designated driver or a ...
Private Motor Vehicle-4: What’s Your ...
Private Motor Vehicle-4: What’s Your ...
Automobile mishaps are consistently a leading cause of accidental death for Soldiers. You can decrease your risk of an automobile mishap and serious injury by avoiding the “Fatal Four” driving ...
Privately Owned Weapons (POWs): ...
Privately Owned Weapons (POWs): ...
Let’s be clear – firearms are designed to be lethal and handling them in an unsafe manner is never a wise choice. Whether you use a privately owned weapon (POW) for hunting, target shooting or personal ...
Hiking Safety: Mapping Your Future
Hiking Safety: Mapping Your Future
Hiking is a great way to see and experience the many wonders of nature. Please follow these safety tips to ensure a safe journey: Use the buddy system. You and your companions should discuss a few things ...
Ladder Safety: Mapping Your Future
Ladder Safety: Mapping Your Future
Although this video is comical, ladder safety is no joke. We commonly receive reports of Soldier fatalities or permanent total disabling injuries from falls in and around their home or barracks. These included ...
Motorcycles: Mapping Your Future
Motorcycles: Mapping Your Future
Motorcycle riding is fun but dangerous. Here are some essential tips for a safer ride: Training – Motorcycle safety training not only helps you become a safer rider, but it is also mandatory for all ...
Pedestrian Safety: Mapping Your ...
Pedestrian Safety: Mapping Your ...
Avoid walking while impaired by alcohol. The same factors that make drinking and driving a dangerous undertaking are equally true of drinking and walking. Make the smarter choice and spring for cab fare rather than ...