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Naval Safety Center (NAVSAFECEN) hosted and United States Fleet Forces Command (USFF) facilitated the 2019 Safety Summit Aug. 6-8 on Naval Station Norfolk. The purpose of the annual summit was to discuss how Fleet, TYCOMs, and NAVSAFECEN can further collaborative efforts to implement the Fleet and Type Commander (TYCOMs) Safety Management Systems (SMS) and move performance and evaluation beyond ‘compliance’ to ‘effectiveness’.
Rear Admiral Mark Leavitt, Commander of the Naval Safety Center spoke on the second day, fielding questions during a discussion following his remarks. Leavitt updated the attendees on the NAVSAFCEN’s latest innovations, stressed the importance of data in effective safety, changes in reporting systems and provided updates on the long awaited Risk Management Information (RMI) program.
“The breadth and depth of attendance at this year’s summit surpasses what we’ve seen previously. It’s great to see this type of response,” said Leavitt. “The bottom line it is all about the warfighter and readiness, not just safety for safety’s sake. Safety answers readiness.”
Safety professionals had open and frank discussion about a number of topics to include an upcoming SECNAV safety campaign, safety workforce competencies, and policy updates. Many attendees had feedback, which included their suggestions to existing policies or potential innovations for implementation. Much of the 3-day’s discussion centered-around data and the collective Navy-wide efforts to capture and analyze more effectively at the various organizations.
“There’s always room for improvement. As safety professionals we need to look at what’s getting done, what’s not getting done, and how do we fix it,” said Leavitt. “We invite you all to share your ideas to help move the ‘safety ball down the field’.
At the conclusion of the summit, attendees had the option to participate in an additional day’s discussion. The fourth day allowed those interested to attend a Predictive Modeling Summit at the Naval Safety Center. Dr. Kirk Horton, Director of the NAVSAFCEN Knowledge Management and Safety Promotions (KMSP) Directorate, led the Predictive Modeling Summit.
The Naval Safety Center as much of the Department of the Navy are looking to align efforts to the previous Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral John M. Richardson’s “A Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority Version 2.0” initiatives to include establishing data-driven decisions as a foundation for achieving readiness in the Navy’s warfighting enterprises. Richardson directed Lead Type Commands, supported by Systems Commands (SYSCOMs), Budget Submitting Offices, and higher echelons with developing and maintaining authoritative and accessible data for decision-quality information.
“Without good and deep data we can get after the problems,” said Leavitt. “The entire Navy is in its infancy with data but we know data modeling can allow us all to become predictive and prescriptive in the long run.”
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| Date Taken: | 08.08.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 12.05.2019 14:32 |
| Story ID: | 354449 |
| Location: | NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, US |
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