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July/August 2019
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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
FIRE PREVENTION IS SURGERY COMPANY FOCUS
The Davey Tree Surgery Company
held its annual fire prevention meeting
in Livermore, California, in April.
The day-long session emphasized a
variety of topics from internal and
external speakers. Davey executive
management reviewed fire season
preparedness, vegetation
management and the impact of fire
season on liability insurance renewals,
among other topics. Additional
presentations came from officials
at PG&E, the California Department
of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL
FIRE), San Diego Gas & Electric and
Southern California Electric.
More than 50 Davey managers,
including from R/C services and DRG,
attended the fire prevention meeting.
Davey President and CEO Pat Covey speaks to managers during the Davey Tree Surgery
Company's annual fire safety meeting in April.
CTSP Attendees:
Lenette Crenshaw,
Daniel DeFelice, Myles
Edgar, Oscar Escarcega,
Brian Garnett, Thomas
Lloyd, Doug Lyle, Jeff
McCormick, Miguel
Montalvo, Anthony
Smith, Brenda Steinert,
Kasey Swenson, Todd
Takahashi, Sebastian
Walton, Blake Watkins,
Garrett West and
Damon Wojciechowski.
CERTIFIED TREECARE SAFETY
PROFESSIONAL (CTSP) WORKSHOP
The Davey-exclusive Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA) Certified Treecare
Safety Professional (CTSP) workshop held in Livermore, California, profoundly
impacted Damon Wojciechowski and Miguel Montalvo, regional safety trainers,
Davey Tree Surgery Company, and they are seeing the rewards of this training
back in their operations.
"To change our safety culture, it must be rooted deeply in the foundations of every
person," Wojciechowski said. "Safety is a value and starts in the core. CTSP trains
you to look at safety as the core of the company culture, so it becomes a safer one."
Wojciechowski said his demeanor changed with the employees he supervises
when he returned from the CTSP course.
"It's great passing on what I've learned at CTSP and seeing the excitement in the
other employees' eyes and their interaction and involvement," Wojciechowski said.
Communicating with employees and helping them fully understand the importance
of the safety policies and procedures was a struggle for Montalvo prior to CTSP.
"Becoming a CTSP helped me understand the different ways people learn, and it
made me realize exactly what I needed to change," Montalvo said.
The training lead Montalvo to have a conversation with a general foreman in one
of the yards he oversees. He said they talked about ways they can work together
to bring out that culture of safety and help the employees better understand safe
practices and procedures.
"He heard me out and we've been seeing a lot of improvement in that operation,"
Montalvo said. "I strongly believe our talk sparked that."
