On June 9, 2015 the Regional Safety Office presented the Excellence in Safety Award to three field sites; two quarterly and the yearly winners.
The Arizona Ecological Services Field Offices, yes – all of them, are deserving of the Quarterly Award. Their notable achievements are how well the CDSOs work together and provide each other support. This teamwork is evident in the improvement in their Safety Assessment results in successive years.
The Aransas National Wildlife Refuge is deserving of the Quarterly Award. Their CDSO program is outstanding. They have an overlapping process where there are two CDSOs on station that serve for two years each. Their Safety Assessment results showed a great improvement from the previous year – over 120 findings to less than 10. There was an obvious dedication from the Refuge Manager and refuge staff, the new CDSO and the Maintenance shop to reduce that number so significantly.
The Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery is deserving of the Annual Award for 2014. Their CDSO program is outstanding. The active CDSOs consist of 40 percent of the assigned staff. Their Safety Assessment results showed improvement from the previous year – the assessment has been completed by outside resources for the past two years.
