Post on 23-Aug-2020
Topeka Metro
Susan Duffy, GM
www.topekametro.org
February 4, 2014
Safety is Job 1: Not just a FORD Slogan
O Vision
O Mission
O Values
O Signed Goals and Objectives Statement
O Organizational Commitment
Safety and Security Supervisor:
O Report directly to General Manager
Board of Directors (7)
Susan Duffy General Manager
Denise Ensley Chief
Operations Officer
Al Bradley Operations Supervisor
Bus Operators (43 F/T and 0
P/T)
John Robinson Operations Supervisor
Dispatchers (5 F/T)
Brad Abrahams Operations Supervisor
Nikki Ray Operations Assistant
Melissa Snickles
Customer Service
Specialist
Curt Dittmer Customer Service
Specialist
Tom Baumgartner Operations Supervisor
Security Officers (2 P/T)
Julie Anderson Planner
Terri Miller Human
Resources Coordinator
Chip Falldine Chief Financial
Officer
Mike Benson Accountant
Karla Richardson Executive Financial Assistant
Bob Case Computer Support
Technician
Shelly Gomez Executive Assistant
John Cassidy General Counsel
Alan Parrish Director of
Maintenance
Dennis Bennett Parts &
Purchasing Agent
Professional Bus Mechanics
(5 F/T)
Service Techs (4 F/T)
Custodial (4 F/T and 1
P/T)
Map-21 Initiative
O Create National Safety Plan for all modes of
public transportation
O Establish minimal safety performance
standards
O All recipients of federal transit funding are
required to establish and have certified a
comprehensive safety plan
* SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP! *
Safety Priorities:
O Passengers and Employees
O Equipment
O Environmental
What Topeka Metro is doing:
O Preparedness: Planning and training for our response and recovery
• Emergency Response Plan
• Safety and Security Emergency Preparedness Plan
• Policy Development
O Mitigation: Lessen the impact or affect next time we have an incident
O Response: Implementing our plans with response partners in exercises and actual events.
O Recovery/Resiliency: Helping to return to some degree of normalcy
The littered remains of the garage and headquarters
of Topeka Transportation Co., as it appeared the
morning after the tornado of June 8, 1966. Of the
fleet of fifty busses, forty-two were damaged beyond
repair. The uninsured loss was $250,000.
Completed Risk, Threat, Vulnerability, and Consequences
assessments with partners.
O Performing Gap Analysis
O Timeline and action items for closing gap
and reducing risks.
Security Elements:
O Prevent: Helping to stop an event before it
occurs
O Protect: Protecting our passengers and staff
should an incident occur
O Deter: Convincing bad people to not perform
their actions here
O Detect: Detecting when incidents are about to
occur and take preventive actions
Safety and Security Areas of Improvement:
O Training: Monthly
O Organizational wide Safety and Security Awareness campaign
O Technology • Upgrading our communications
• Improving cameras and detection equipment
• Increasing our means of conveying duress situations.
O Perimeter Control
O Adding equipment like Bloodborne Pathogen kits to buses
O Signage: Safety and Security
Safety comes first in personnel and equipment
decision making:
O Route safety when developing and planning
our routes and detours
O Considerations of passengers and
employees in adverse weather conditions
O Equipment and layout of equipment on
vehicles
Key elements: Topeka Metro Safety Program
O Leadership and “all employee” engagement
O Active Management involvement
O Risk Reduction planning
O Measurement: Measuring and managing
for success
O First question addressed in any decision
“What are the safety considerations?”