Safety - 2nd Infantry Division

Know The Risks

Summer Safety

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Summer Safety Campaign
The Army Safety Center’s seasonal campaigns form the core of the 2nd Infantry Division’s.

Program Structure

Name	DSN Phone	Commercial Phone
Safety Director	732-7032	0505-732-7032
Safety Specialist - Radiation/Explosives	732-7689	0505-732-7689
Safety Specialist - Tactical	732-7298	0505-732-7298

No Loss of Life

No loss of life to preventable accidents is the general goal for the Safety program in the Army. This principle is realized through various means both on-duty and off-duty.

Training

Safety Training Schedule (FY-11)

Off-Duty Oversight

During duty hours leaders provide direct oversight of their Troops, while deployed to a war zone buddies take care of each other. Once off duty, Service Members loose the oversight of their military family. A large part of the off-duty programs are designed to counter this, either by enlisting service members (Under the Oak Tree Counseling) or members of the community (Operation Guardian Angel).

The Army Safety Program

2nd Infantry Division's Safety Program is built around the Army's Safety Program. Its components are neatly organized on the Army Safety Center's web site, into three ‘Corners’: Soldier's, Leader's and Family Corners.

Leader's Corner: Leaders: learn how to keep your soldiers safe.
Soldiers's Corner: Soldiers: learn how to mitigate risk, and how to keep yourself and your battle buddy safe.
Family Corner: Family Members: learn how to protect your soldier and your family.

Most Popular Tools

Ground Risk Assessment Tool

Get Accident Hazard and Safety information.

Army Readiness Assessment Program

Learn the Safety culture and climate within your organization.

Safety Campaigns

These campaigns are designed to "set the conditions" for safety at the beginning of each season, by forewarning everyone of the identified seasonal safety hazards. They are comprehensive in nature. The campaigns are broken down into risks, broken down into steps for mitigating them.

All risks are based on strong statistical indicators.

The Army Safety Center's seasonal campaigns form the core of the 2nd Infantry Division's, while seasonal safety concerns specific to the Division are addressed with Safety Flashes, issued by the Safety Office.

Safety Messages

Because the most important part of preventing risks is to know what they are, "Point" messages addressed directly to every service member on the peninsula are occasionally sent from the USFK and 2ID Commanding Generals' to issue warnings of the latent dangers of an event that has occurred or is about to occur.

The messages are addressed to everyone to maximize the awareness of the risk as quickly as possible. At the moment the message is released they can be disseminated immediately through every available channel.

Under the Oak Tree Counseling

Under the Oak Tree Counseling is a concept that was first developed by USAREUR during their Winter 2004-2005 Safety Campaign, and has since garnered interest throughout the Army community for its simplicity and effectiveness.

Before periods of high-risk, such as weekends, holidays, passes, and leaves, first-line leaders meet with their subordinates to discuss their destinations, travel arrangements and activities. They identify the potential safety risks involved and agree upon a plan to mitigate them. Should any subordinate decide to deviate from the plan, knowingly placing themselves in risky situations, they become liable to punishment for disobeying orders.

The form used for the counseling is the “Meeting Under The Oak Tree” Contract.