Safe Community Heping

Position Title

Participating Members

Functions

Chairman

Mayor of Heping Township

Integrate resources of public and private organizations within the community, and promote SC program .

Monitor, control and make amendments to the program

Assist the task force group in acquiring resources from the public and private sectors.

Convene 1~2 Safe Community meeting for resource integration per annum

Supervisory Committee

Chief, Heping Division of Taichung County Policy Bureau

Chairman of the Heping Township R epresentative C ommittee

Director of the Heping Township Public Health Center

Section Chief of the Guguan section of public construction

Head of the civil affairs at the Heping Township Office

Director General of the Heping Township Farmers' Association

President of the Heping Township Council of Health Promotion

Director of the DaChia hydro power plant

President of the Guguan C ommunity D evelopment A ssociation

Deputy general manager of the Gug u an Hotel

President of Izu hot springs

Principle of Heping Junior High School

Consultant

Council or of the Taichung County Council

Provide support in resources

Executive office r

Executive Secretary of the Heping Township Health Promotion Association

Responsible for planning, contacting and coordination of the different units in their community promotion efforts.

Administrative unit

Heping Township Health Promotion Association

Injury surveillance unit

Heping Township Health Promotion Association

Gather, compile, and analyze the injury data.

Road safety unit

Co n vener/ Chief of unit one of Taichung County Police

Bureau - Heping Division

Deputy convener/ police officer of the Heping Division

Members: Chief of Economic Development Dept., Chief of Nanshi Village, C ommissioner of the Heping Community D evelopment A ssociation , employees of the district construction section, volunteers

Responsible for road safety promotion and traffic injury prevention.

Agriculture safety unit

Convener/ Chief of Business Promotion Dept., Heping Farms'

Association

Deputy convener/Employees of Heping Farmers ' Union

Members: Heping health clinic, leader of Production and

Marketing Dept., Heping Farmers' Association,

volunteers

Responsible for promoting the workplace safety of farmers.

Convene meetings every 1.5~2 months.

Tourism, leisure and water safety unit

Convener/ Chief of Tourism Development Dept., Heping

Township Office

Deputy convener/ Chair, Song-He Community Development

Association

President, Li-Leng Community Development Association

Members: Director of Tai-Power Training Center, Chief of Tien-Lun Village, Assistant Manager of Bali Nature SPA, Manager of Guoguan Divine Tree Village, owners of farming garden or B&B, members of Li-Leng Community & Village Patrol Squad, Heping Public Health Center, volunteers

Responsible for promotion of safety measures of hotel and

Convene meetings every 1.5~2 months.

Home safety unit

Convener/ Chief, Heping Fire Station

Deputy convener/ Manager, Da-Chia Hydro Power Plant ,

Nurse of Heping Public Health Center

Members: Director of Safety and Health Dept., Da-Chia Hydro

Power Plant, volunteers

Responsible for promoting home safety improvement measures.

Convene meetings every 1.5~2 months.

School safety unit

Convener/ Principle of A ffiliate D aycare C enter of Heping

T ownship O ffice

Deputy conveners/ Dean of Heping Junior High School, Nurse

of Heping Public Health Center

Members: Heping Elementary School , Boai Elementary School , Heping Junior High School, Baileng Elementary School

Responsible for pushing for improvements on school facilities, and promoting school safety.

Convene meetings every 1.5~2 months.

Program

Age groups (including both gender)

Project

0-5

6-14

15-24

25-64

65+

Farming safety

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•  Publish farming injury prevention handout.

•  Improve on inventory management and the proper usage of pesticides to reduce incidents of pesticide poisoning.

•  Provide training for potential farming instructors.

•  Stick reflective safety materials on agricultural transporters.

•  Produce and post pamphlets that contain information on farming safety and contacts of emergency care units.

•  Regularly recycle used pesticide containers.

Home safety

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•  Evaluate and improve the safety of household environment.

•  Promote “Elderly fall prevention” program, and assist in training physical ability and sense of equilibrium of seniors.

•  Prevent fire, promote electric usage safety for elderly.

•  “Color-code surrounding brings colorful elderly living” – emergency reporting service.

•  Promotion of other home safety precautions.

•  Publish home safety promotion handout.

Road safety

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•  Publish road safety promotion handout.

•  Conduct inspection for hazardous roads and coordinate with appropriate authority for repairs.

•  Enforce the wear-a-helmet-when-riding mandate.

•  Implement tribal conventions: never drive under the influence (DUI) of alcohol, and wear-a-helmet-when-riding.

•  Establish the neighborhood drinking accountability team to promote alcohol abstinence and DUI prevention programs.

•  Advocate for the “Pedestrian safety program for children and seniors” by encouraging them to dress in bright colors, and wear reflective accessories when walking.

School safety

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In elementary schools:

•  Hold series of safety education programs.

•  Improve on the lighting in staircases and ensure emptying of hallways.

•  Install padding on sharp building corners.

•  Mobilize PTAs, teachers and students to remove decaying and treacherous playing facilities.

•  Place clear signs of existing vegetation, to allow students to discern between poisonous and harmless plants.

•  Establish standard procedure for when injuries occur, and post the procedure at school health centers.

•  Present school children helmets to wear when parents give them ride to school

In junior high schools:

•  Seek subsidies from Taipei Heping Rotary Club to fund school facility renewal projects, and installment of handrails and other anti-slippery devices.

•  Collaborate with township office, health clinic, police department and schools to prevent bullying.

•  Work with the Council of Indigenous Peoples on its “Alcohol Abstinence program”. Provide counseling to families with drinking problems, and assist in reducing middle school drinking habits.

•  Strengthen understanding of the influence of alcohol among parents and school fellows to enable better self-management.

Tourism, leisure and water safety

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•  Put together pamphlets demonstrating appropriate hot spring and handing them out to patrons.

•  Conduct annual first aid drills for local hotel managements, and ensure all spas have qualified lifeguards on 24-hour patrols.

•  “Gentle warning, heart warming” initiative: remind hot spring patrons to beware of excessive immersion in spas.

•  Inspect for hazardous waters, and set up life saving devices and warning signs.

•  Collaborate with local residents, neighborhood watch, and volunteer patrol teams to keep tourists from entering hazardous waters. Conduct periodic first aid training sessions, and train the members of the unit in becoming future CPR instructors.

•  Work with the township office, health clinic, and fire squad to a ssist bed and breakfast owners to improve their fire fighting measures.

•  Work with the township office, health clinic, the district construction section, the police and fire department, Taipower, and the association of community development to conduct annual landslide preparedness drills.

•  Once the Central Weather Bureau has issued typhoon or heavy rain warnings, immediately activate the disaster response mechanism. The procedure entails: warning tourists not to enter into the mountains and waters; assist residents to secure locations; and prepare necessary medical supplies for the sick and the pregnant women.

ranking

age

1st

2nd

3rd

0-10

fall

by striking

traffic

11-20

traffic

by human or animal

21-30

traffic

fall

by striking

31-40

traffic

fall / by striking

by human or animal

41-50

traffic

fall

by human or animal

51-60

fall

by human or animal/traffic

poisoning

61-70

traffic

fall

by human or animal

71-80

fall

by striking / by human or animal

traffic / poisoning

81-

fall

traffic

by human or animal / poisoning