July 29, 2010
California Operation Lifesaver Board Meeting
July 27, 2010
Roseville Tuesday Union Pacific Booth and CAOL Presenter
Every Tuesday night, from the beginning of May through the end of July, on Vernon Street in Downtown Roseville the streets are filled with classic cars, food, a farmers market, vendors, entertainment, and a beer & wine garden. The Union Pacific booth will host a Certified Operation Lifesaver presenter on hand to deliver the message of rail safety to the City of Roseville. Visit http://www.2025events.com/5701/index.html for more information about Downtown Tuesday Nights 2010 or call (916) 787-0101.
March 13, 2010
Click here to view NCPRST March 2010 Schedule of events.
February 11, 2010
Common Sense Rail Safety Campaign Launches in California
Rail Safety Awareness Campaign Launches in California
Common Sense campaign targets younger demographic to prevent pedestrian-train tragedies
OAKLAND - California leads the nation in pedestrian-train fatalities, and the Sacramento to Oakland train corridor is one of the deadliest in the state in the past 12 months the Bay Area has experienced an upward trend in deadly incidents. Amtrak and Operation Lifesaver, the national, nonprofit rail safety education group, are partnering with local transportation agencies and freight railroads to launch Common Sense, an internet-based awareness campaign to address this problem.
WHAT: Press conference to introduce the Common Sense public safety awareness campaign, including a website and new public service announcements. The event's speakers will include the mother of a Fresno 15-year old who died while playing on the tracks. California and national statistics for pedestrian-train deaths and injuries will be released, along with safety tips and materials from the new campaign. The event's speakers will include the mother of a Fresno 15-year old who died while playing on the tracks.
WHY: Many Californians have no idea that walking or playing around train tracks is potentially deadly and always illegal. Injuries and fatalities associated with trespassing on railroad property are a significant - and growing - problem. Death by train is not just a tragedy for the victim. Such incidents are painfully traumatic for the loved ones left behind, as well as the engineer, staff and passengers who are on the train involved in the accident.
WHEN: Thursday, February 11, 2010
9:30 - 9:55 a.m. Check In
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Press Conference
10:30 - 11:00 a.m. View campaign ads, interviews with speakers
WHERE: Amtrak Maintenance Yard
1303 3rd Street, Oakland
Directions: From San Francisco, take I-880 south towards Oakland. Take the Broadway/Alameda exit towards the Port. Right on Fifth St., right on Adeline, right on 3rd street.
WHO:
· Helen M. Sramek, president, Operation Lifesaver, Inc.;
· TBD, railroad engineer;
· Roy Deitchman, Amtrak VP Environmental Health and Safety;
· Helen M. Sramek, president, Operation Lifesaver, Inc.;
· TBD. Law enforcement official;
· Robin Potter, Fresno mother of a 15-year old who died in 2008 playing on the tracks
· TBD. Law enforcement official;
TBD, railroad engineer;
Visuals: Parked train cars at maintenance yard and campaign site demonstration.
About the Common Sense Rail Safety Campaign
The Common Sense campaign is designed to appeal to the 18-34 year-old demographic, which makes up a significant percent of pedestrian-train incidents nationwide. The campaign is sponsored in California by Amtrak and Operation Lifesaver, Inc., and is supported by Caltrain, the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority (CCJPA), Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway.
About Operation Lifesaver
Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (www.oli.org) is a national, non-profit safety education group whose goal is to eliminate deaths and injuries at railroad crossings and along railroad rights of way. Operation Lifesaver has programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, with certified OL presenters who give free safety talks to community groups, schools, school bus drivers, truck drivers and community organizations to raise awareness of the need for caution around railroad tracks and trains.
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January 28, 2010
California Operation Lifesaver Board Meeting in Old Town, San Diego