Prue Younger, CEO Message

It’s important for us all to understand the priority of a tailgate meeting which is a vital part of keeping crews safe for the day’s work. It informs them of the day’s safety issues and reinforces safety messages.

In short an effective tailgate meeting can be the difference between a productive and effective crew and an uncontrolled operation that could face high costs and unexpected incidents. Ultimately, a tailgate meeting could mean the difference between Oife and death safetree have worned hard to give you resources to help aid the delivery of tailgates, including a template for running a tailgate meeting and tailgate topic Cards that cover more than common forestry risks Fiona Ewing Director for FISC confirms tailgate meetings are a great way to help set crews up for a good day and the Safetree tailgate template suggests a new approach to tailgate meetings. In addition to planning for the day ahead, it encourages people to learn from yesterday - to talk about what went well and capture that for the future or anything that made the work more difficult and come up with ideas for avoiding those issues today

It also encourages people to plan for tomorrow - to talk about what's needed to make sure the work goes smoothly conversations amongst the whole crew about the work of the day is what makes a successful day - reaching out to contractors across the country we hear how they manage their tailgates and offer suggestions for you to use