On June 4, as part of the 4th annual occupational health and safety (OHS) symposium held by the city of Montréal, the OHS parity committee was presented with an award for its project to modify the work platform on new aerial platform trucks. The theme of the symposium this year was preventive action.
The award is intended to encourage innovation in OHS among teams involved in this field and employees generally, since they also have a role to play.
The goal of the project, headed up by Chief of Operations Éric Dontigny (136-1), was to make the pods of new aerial platform trucks safer for firefighters using them at work or for training. Different modifications were made to the trucks, including the installation of a support bar and anti-skid flooring in the pods.
Congratulations to everyone involved in this project. We’re pleased to see you receive this well-deserved recognition, and we also commend you for this initiative.
Photo, left to right: Claude Deschuymer, Division Chief, Occupational Health and Safety, SIM; Éric Dontigny, Chief of Operations (136-1), SIM; Chris Ross, Vice-President, Association des Pompiers de Montréal; Yves Tousignant, Chief of Operations (155), SIM; Sylvain Mireault, Division Chief 117, SIM; Suzanne Desjardins, Director, Health and Wellbeing, city of Montréal. | Absent from the photo: Dany Roy, lieutenant 935-2; Daniel Claveau, firefighter (34-4), SIM; Marc-André Dubreuil, lieutenant (63-1), SIM, Pierre Desjardins, firefighter (34-2), SIM; Benoit Pauzé, firefighter (20-2), SIM.
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