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ABOUT OPERATION LIFESAVER?

Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI) is a non-profit organization and nationally-recognized leader of rail safety education. Since 1972, OLI has been committed to preventing collisions, injuries and fatalities on and around railroad tracks and highway-rail grade crossings, with the support of public education programs in states across the U.S.

Operation Lifesaver wants you and your neighbors to be safe around tracks and trains! Our volunteer speakers are available, free of charge, to provide important safety information to professional truck and bus drivers, school bus drivers, drivers education classes, elementary school students, law enforcement and emergency responders among other groups.

WHY IS OPERATION LIFESAVER NEEDED?

Sadly, every year people in Louisiana are killed or injured at highway-rail crossings and at other locations along railroad tracks.

Many people are unaware that trains cannot stop quickly to avoid collisions or, they take chances by ignoring warning signs and signals, going around lowered gates, stopping on tracks, or simply not paying attention when approaching highway-rail crossings. People also make the potentially fatal mistake of choosing railroad tracks as shortcuts or as places to walk or run for recreation. They may not realize that walking on train tracks is illegal, or understand how quickly and quietly a train can approach. Our safety tips can save your life – or the life of someone you love.

BECOME A VOLUNTEER

Louisiana Operation Lifesaver is always looking for volunteers to educate the public on the dangers of railroad crossings and railroads' rights-of-way. If you are interested in making your community safer, follow the steps.

• ♦ Visit the OLI Volunteers Page
• ♦ Complete the OLAV Online Application
• ♦ OLI National reviews all applications for approval
• ♦ Approved applicants will receive and email containing further instructions
• ♦ After a brief face-to-face meeting, you are now an Operation Lifesaver Authorized Volunteer!

Thank you for helping Operation Lifesaver celebrate #50 Years of Rail Safety! Together, we can stop track tragedies.