I saw this article
(click on Seat belts to view the article) and was impressed by the department and the stance that they took. You hear about departments across the U.S. that say their departments are going to wear their seatbelts and how departments say they are grateful after an accident that their members were belted. But here is a department that made their members accountable for their actions. The personnel on the truck were not wearing their seatbelts, they had an accident, and after the reviews were performed, suspensions were passed down. The suspensions were made to say "Buckle UP!" and to make the engineers and officers take note that they are the people responsible for the crew and they need to make sure that everyone is buckled up before the truck moves.
Can we learn from this? You bet we can. We don't necessarily have a problem not buckling up, I think we do a pretty good job. But we can always do better! Again, it goes back to the engineer and the person in the officers seat to make sure everyone is buckled in prior to the apparatus moving. IF something would ever happen, you can bet that is going to be one of the first questions asked.
So, key point from all of this: BUCKLE UP!!
