After two successful years of hosting the Fleet Safety Educational Conference in an online format, the conference committee is happy to announce this year’s event will take place in person on October 14.
Click below to read more about this exciting announcement!
Registration is now open. Click here to access our Eventbrite registration page.
While this year’s conference has been wrapped up, the information on this year’s presentations is vital and interesting. This year’s topics addressed critical areas of health and safety that stretch beyond traditional issues as well as key matters that are at the centre of many safety related discussions across Ontario.
Awards
This year’s conference kicked off with the social event Thursday October 3 where several awards were presented. New this year was the addition of IHSA’s transportation-related awards, which were handed out at the event.
The IHSA Ken Hellawell Transportation Award was presented to the family of Nick Nicholson, who received the award posthumously. Nick may be remembered as a vibrant member of the Hamilton-Niagara Fleet Safety Council Chapter and one of the founding members of the organization that has become the Fleet Safety Council.
Along with this special award, several transportation firms received honours for their efforts in improving health and safety. The IHSA Transportation Achievement Awards are based on the firm’s experience data for the three years immediately preceding the year of the award. They are given to member firms which have operated with a lost-time injury (LTI) frequency below the overall rate group LTI frequency average each year for three consecutive for each category.
Chapter award
The Toronto chapter of the Fleet Safety Council awarded its annual Safety Professional of the Year award to Mike Trace. Mike has been that chapters administrator and has recently retired from IHSA.
Conference
The conference was an information-packed day as always, with a variety of speakers. We’ve included links to the various presentations below.
Presentations
Yes, You CAN Make People Care About Safety – Kevin Burns
(MISSISSAUGA)—The Fleet Safety Council is proud to unveil the exciting lineup scheduled for this year’s Annual Educational Conference.
The conference will be held on Friday October 19, 2018 at the Centre for Health and Safety Innovation – 5110 Creekbank Rd. Mississauga L4W 0A1 Canada
This one-day event (which is expected to sell out once again this year) will bring together fleet safety professionals from the truck, bus, courier, ready-mix, and waste management industries as well as insurance companies and other related businesses to discuss the latest industry trends.
This year’s topics address critical areas of health and safety that stretch beyond traditional issues as well as key matters that are at the centre of many safety related discussions across Ontario. We focus on emerging trends, how to be the best and what to do in a crisis.
Session 1 – Changing Insurance Market/Changes in the Transportation Industry
Session 2 – Best Fleets to Drive for
Session 3 – Keynote speaker – Leadership in Challenging Times – Stuart Knight
Stuart Knight is an award winning entrepreneur, critically acclaimed author, and hit producer. He has written, produced, and starred in live presentations that have been seen by over one million people and each year speaks internationally helping some of the world’s biggest companies reach new levels of success.
Session 4 – Response to a Motor Vehicle Incident involving a Fatality (Workshop and information session)
More details will be forthcoming in the months ahead. Watch for further details at www.fleetsafetycouncil.com
For more information on attending or sponsoring this event, please contact Rick Brown or George Iacono.
Rick Brown
rick4brown4@gmail.com
tel: 905-658-1691
George Iacono
Infrastructure Health and Safety Association
tel: 416-464-3398
e-mail: giacono@ihsa.ca
About the Fleet Safety Council
The Fleet Safety Council is an association of driver trainers and safety professionals working to promote safety within the transportation, transport, bus, and coach industries. The council encourages the improvement of driver behavior through increased awareness and training.
Working with government agencies and private organizations, the council strives for a uniform system of safety requirements for drivers in Ontario.