NORAD and USNORTHCOM think safety PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo.
— With the hot summer finally here, the winter chill has faded,
and people are increasingly taking part in outside activities.
Along with all the summer fun are the day-to-day summer dangers
like family travel, sunburns, heat exposure, severe weather, and
poisonous plants. How do North American Aerospace Defense
Command and United States Northern Command personnel stay
mission-ready when faced with these summertime risks? By
employing deliberate safety practices. “Safety practices are not
considered an afterthought or a separate category of decision
making, our people integrate Risk Management practices into all
we do, both during our on-duty environment and our off-duty
time” said Mike McKenzie, NORAD and USNORTHCOM Command Safety
Officer. Since the early 1980s, the period between Memorial Day
and Labor Day has been designated by the Defense Department as
the “101 Critical Days of Summer,” because there is an
historical rise in fatalities susta