"ENG Truck safety is a habit, not an event!" c1999
sa/ca
"The hard part about
safety is when you win, you get what you started with...you never
really know,
and when you lose, you're left with
less...and you never really forget." c2006
ENGsafety.com
CHOPPERAZZI -
From NewsBlues, 4-18-2008
We heard from
an old friend who had just returned from the annual RTNDA-NAB
party in Las Vegas. He was upset with the convention organizers for
scheduling what he thought was one of the most important panels (helicopter
safety) as the last session on the final day. For various
reasons, only a handful of news manager attended.
"Seated
in the back of the room in a sea of
empty chairs was a man from the (National Transportation Safety
Board)," our friend reported. "He was there to see what the
broadcast industry was doing to manage itself on the heels of last
year's tragic two chopper crash in Phoenix. The FAA and NTSB
have issued a warning to broadcasters to clean up our act or face
government regulations that will severely restrict news choppers and
the airspace they use.
"I
heard him use the term 'chopperazzi'
to describe the crush of helicopters covering celebrity stories."
The Phoenix
crash, said our friend, put local news operations squarely in the
governmental bullseye. He believes the the sparse attendance at
this week's RTNDA's session on flight spacing, air to air
communications, and new electronic collision avoidance systems may
have convinced the feds to act. "EMS and tour operators have been
in the government's regulatory spotlight," he said. "Now it's our turn."
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ENGsafety.com
is planning a multi-part safety
DVD to cover all aspects of news truck safety, news industry accident
prevention, and many aspects of news gathering safety. Interested?
Please let us know. Right now the DVD is planned as a learning
tool for technicians, photographers, reporters, producers, and
assignment managers. It will be created with information and testing.
Comments,
suggestions? [email]
us.
Special Notes,
- What's new?
5-21-2007
Dan Nelson, friend of the ENG safety
effort for many years following his accident, has died.
From the time Dan was in the burn unit
after his ENG mast accident while working for WINK, I've been in touch
with him. For years he made his life work in many ways, having a
typical assortment of ups and downs. He recently was at another turning
point, and took a break for a trip for some scuba diving. He apparently
suffered a fatal heart attack on that trip.
Dan was active in keeping me aware of
his life after his accident, and many parts of his experience have been
shown to so many who have seen my safety presentation. Dan always
wanted to be sure his experience was shared to keep others from the
hazard that crippled his leg, but never his spirit. His paper on the
ENGsafety.com site remains as one of the most gut wrenching personal
experiences documented after an ENG van tragedy.
[go
to it]
He leaves his ex-wife, Kendra, who he
continued to share a warm and friendly relationship with, as well as
his 3-year old son Matthew, who he will get to know better through the
many pictures of Dan, and the many pictures Dan took for him with the
proud inspiration he had as a father.
PLEASE [email
your story to us] as soon
as possible.
The ENG safety
mantra with which to survive TV
remotes:
BEFORE YOU SET
UP,
WALK
AROUND
WALK AWAY
LOOK
UP!
Wanted: Pictures of the following Fathers
of ENG Safety: Bob
Richardson,
Rod Hughes, John Dodge and Jim Olmstede. [email
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