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About Arizona Operation Lifesaver?
"Operation Lifesaver" is a nationwide, non-profit public safety education and outreach program designed to eliminate collisions, deaths and injuries at rail crossings and rights-of-way. Arizona joined Operation Lifesaver in 1979. Operation Lifesaver is now an international program and is supported by national and state organizations, as well as the railroads.
Arizona Operation Lifesaver wants you and your family to be safe around highway-rail grade crossings and trains! Our volunteer speakers, called Presenters, are available, free of charge, to provide important safety information to professional truck and bus drivers, school bus drivers, drivers education classes, elementary school students, law enforcement and emergency responders, and other civic organizations.
Arizona Operation Lifesaver is a statewide, non-profit public awareness and education program dedicated to ending tragic collisions, fatalities, and injuries at highway-rail grade crossings and on railroad property.
To accomplish its mission,
Arizona Operation Lifesaver promotes the three Es:
Education: Operation Lifesaver strives to increase public awareness about the dangers around the rails. The program seeks to educate both drivers and pedestrians to make safe decisions at crossings and around railroad tracks.
Engineering: Operation Lifesaver encourages continued engineering research and innovation to improve the safety of railroad crossings.
Enforcement: Operation Lifesaver promotes active enforcement of traffic laws relating to crossing signs and signals and private property laws related to trespassing.
President
Ms. Christene Aldeis
Regional Manager
Field Safety Support
BNSF Railway
805 S. Santa Fe Street
El Paso, TX 79901
Office Phone: 915-534-2346
Fax: 915-534-2306
E-mail: christene.aldeis@bnsf.com
Vice President
Mr. Chris Watson
Railroad Safety Inspector
Grade Crossings
Arizona Corporation Commission
2200 N. Central Ave., Suite 300
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Office Phone: 602-262-5601
Cell: 602-320-6219
E-mail: cwatson@azcc.gov
Secretary
** Ms. LeeAnn Dickson
Grade Crossing Manager
US DOT Federal Railroad Administration
801 I Street, Suite 466
Sacramento, CA 95814
Office Phone: 916-773-0253
E-mail: leeann.dickson@dot.gov
Treasurer
Mr. Gene Holmerud
Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists
P.O. Box 54488
Phoenix, AZ 85078-4488
Office Phone: 602-243-6136
Fax: 877-796-9047
E-mail: geneh@cazbike.org
State Coordinator AZOL
* ** Mr. Doug Farler
Union Pacific Railroad
3660 West Suffield Lane
Tucson, AZ 85741
Cell Phone: 520-444-9443
Fax: 520-744-6440
Home Phone: 520-744-6744
E-mail: azolifesaver@gmail.com
* AZ OL Official spokesperson
**Regional Coordinators and Other Official AZ OL Spokespersons
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Board Members
Sgt. Jon Waide (Ret.)
Region VII Law Enforcement Liaison Officer
Federal Railroad Administration
E-mail: jwaide3@cox.net
Vickie Barnett
Arizona DPS Dept. of Student Transportation
Jay Harper
Metro Light Rail
Director of Operations
Office Phone: 602-495-8215
Ms. Lela Decker
President
Arizona Drivers Safety Education Association
518 3rd. Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Cell Phone: 602-574-4907
E-mail: decker.lela@jobcorps.org
Mr. Jim Dickey
Executive Director
Arizona Transit Association (AzTA)
P.O. Box 741
Gilbert, Arizona 85299
Direct 480 361 5101
Cel (602) 571-4377
aztadir@cox.net
Mr. Charlie Hagood
Grade Crossing Trespassing
Regional Manager
Federal Railroad Administration
P.O. Box 453
Oakhurst, CA 93644
Office Phone: 559-641-7649
Fax: 559-658-6052
E-mail: charles.hagood@dot.gov
Mr. Alan D. Vitcavage
State Programs Specialist
U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Arizona Division
400 East Van Buren Street, Suite 401
Phoenix, AZ 85004-2264
Office Phone: (602) 379-6851, Ext. 304
Fax: (602) 379-3627
E-mail: alan.vitcavage@fmcsa.dot.gov
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