NSOC Topics

• CAP’s vision-mission – Volunteers serving America's communities, saving lives, and shaping futures 

• Safety’s Aim: Uphold the public’s trust through a safety-minded culture, safe environment for our members, and responsible stewardship of our valuable resources;

• Our Safety principles: flexibility, learning, fairness, accountability.

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The Future of CAPSafety

• Safety Culture and a “People First” initiative; Safety as personal value;

• Making safety practical – more than paper, it’s about people;

• Human and Non-Human Contributing Factors.

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CAPSafety Roles & Responsibilities

• All members’ roles in safety;

• Building and developing wing/region safety staffs;

• Role of the SEs on Command or activity staffs;

• Role of SEs relative to mission areas and functional leads.

• Assignment - write down your goals for fulfilling your role as an SE in CAP

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Planning and Risk Management

• Review of CAP requirements and methods for risk planning;

• Risk management in the age of COVID;

• Case studies and examples;

• Assignment: Students will complete a risk assessment based on a specific scenario.

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Civil Air Patrol Safety Information System (CAPSIS)

• Overview of the new system and how it’s the same and different from SIRS

• Safety reporting, reviewing, mitigation planning, follow up, reports and more.

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Safety Reporting and Reviews

• CAPR 160-2 changes and applicability

• Safety reporting – what should/should not be reported;

• Conducting a mishap review – tools and common issues; case studies;

• Assignment – complete a safety review based on a specific scenario

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Safety Emphasis Items 2024

• Review current safety trends, contributing factors, and mitigating actions;

• Role of SEs in communicating and advising on actions to address safety trends

• Assignment - complete a draft plan for supporting squadrons efforts in addressing safety trends

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Safety Assurance and Continuous Improvement

• CAPP 163 – Annual SMS Review and role of SE;

• CAPR 160-1 – Annual Safety Risk Management Day – role of SE in supporting efforts to address pervasive safety issues

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 Monthly Safety Education

• Safety briefings – purpose, resources, methods;

• Assignment – develop a safety briefing to present;

• CAPSafety Communication and Development strategy.