Background
 AIRSO is the principal adviser to St John Ambulance with regard to their risk management and driving policies in respect of those who either drive St John Vehicles or drive their own vehicles on behalf of St John.
All St John Counties in England have a responsibility to ensure that they have a person designated to put into place procedures which assess and authorize those who are to drive St John Vehicles in accordance with National Guidelines. They must also take steps to ensure the management of all risks associated with those employees who need to drive as part of their work.
To support this process AIRSO arranges an annual conference for those who have this responsibility which includes those at a divisional level who have the responsibility for recommending those who are to drive vehicles and the issues surrounding the deployment of volunteers who are engaged in driving.
 The St John Conferences are led by Graham Feest, the Secretary of AIRSO, himself an experienced Road Safety Practitioner and former Superintendent of St John Ambulance. In this capacity he also sits on the St John Commission for Transport.
Supporting the Development of the St John Driving Policy and other related issues is a group of AIRSO Members all of whom hold senior positions within St John throughout the country and have a responsibility for driving matters at a national or county level.
The Group comprises:
- Graham Feest - AIRSO
- Roy Johnson - Greater Manchester
- Gerrard King - Lancashire
- Paul Montgomery - Oxfordshire
- Reginald Wilkinson - Cumbria
- Geoff Willis - Bedfordshire
- Ellaine Young - St John Ambulance National Headquarters
2008 Conference - DRIVING with St John
This year's conference, DRIVING with St John, was held
on Saturday 17th May 2008 at the Hinckley Island Hotel, Leicester.
There were major presentations on three key topics relevant to all
those within St John with responsibilities for driving and road safety.
You can download a pdf version of the presentations from the links below.
2008 Conference Speakers
- Seamus Kelly, Deputy Chief Commissioner (Operations), St John Ambulance National Headquarters: St John Ambulance Policy Commission on Transport (pdf version)
- Paul Knighton, IT & Training Manager, St John Ambulance, Essex, (Member of the St John Policy Commission on Transport): St John National Driving School (pdf version)
- Andrew Howard MBE, AIRSO Chairman & Head of Road Safety at the AA: Driving Challenges (pdf version)
2008 Conference Workshops
Three interactive workshops took place at this conference:
- Edward Handley, Road Risk Consultant, Transport Research Laboratory (TRL): Driving Licenses
- Graham Feest, Road Safety Consultant, Secretary - AIRSO (Member
of the St John Policy Commission on Transport): Crash Analysis
- Peter Rodger, Chief Examiner, Institute of Advanced Motorists, (Former Head of Driver Training, Met Police Driving School): Driver Assessment & Evaluation
2007 Conference
Last year's conference was held on 17th March at the Sunley
Management Centre, University College Northampton, Northampton.
The format of the Conference was built around the St John Driving Policy and provided guidance as to the minimum "standard⁄requirement" and approaches which should be taken in order to :
- Create a safe culture and environment in which to operate all St John Vehicles and those who use their own vehicles whether as volunteers or employed staff for or on behalf of St John.
- Give Members and those who actually drive confidence in the process.
- Protect the individuals who have responsibilities within the organisation.
- Protect the image of St John Ambulance.
It covered areas connected with Duty of Care, Corporate Manslaughter, The Road Safety Act 2006 and its direct and indirect impact on St John and individual Members. It also looked at the new Corporate Identity for St John Vehicles and an insight into the St John Commission for Transport
Below is a copy of each presentation for you to download.
Conference Presentations
For your information downloadable PDF files of presentations
given at past conferences are available. These are organised by conference
date and by individual speaker.
March 2007 Conference
- Saul Jeavons BA (Hons) APMP FIRSO MAIRSO, Director & Principal Technical Specialist - The Transafe Network:
- Active safety leadership (pdf version)
- David Faithful MAIRSO, Solicitor, Lyons Davidson:
- Duty of care and corporate manslaughter (pdf version)
- Derek Camp, UK Business Manager, IAM Fleet:
- Training assessors (pdf version)
- Peter Rodger FAIRSO, Chief Examiner, Institute of Advanced Motorists:
- The Road Safety Act 2006 (pdf version)
- Simon Runton, Corporate Identity Manager, St John National HQ:
- Corporate identity (pdf version)
- Ellaine Young MAIRSO, Operations Manager, St John Ambulance
National HQ:
- St John Commission for Transport (pdf
version)
October 2005 Conference
- David Faithful, Consultant, Lyons Davidson Solicitors and Essential
Risk Consultancy:
- Implications of the HSE guidelines, and corporate responsibility (pdf version)
- Dr Lisa Dorn and Richard Priestman, Driving Research Group, Cranfield University:
- Assessing the risk of ambulance drivers (pdf version)
- Peter Rodger, Deputy Head of Driver Training, Metropolitan Police Driving School:
- Driving assessment and training (pdf version)
- Edward Handley, Managing Director, Big Wheelers Ltd:
- Setting the standards in assessment (pdf version)
- Gerard King, CSO Fleet & Technical Services, St John Lancashire:
- Working with volunteer ambulance drivers and crews (pdf version)
- Paul Montgomery, St John Oxfordshire:
- Good practice (pdf version)
- Andrew Christopher, Driver Training Advisor and Richard Auty, Fleet Manager, St John London:
- London district approach to driver training and development and fleet management (pdf version)
- Ellaine Young, Operations Support Manager:
- St. John's Ambulance's approach to driving (pdf version)
May 2005 Conference
- Peter Rodger, Inspector, Metropolitan Police Driving School, Hendon:
- Running with blue lights (pdf version)
- Kevin Clinton, Road Safety Adviser, Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents:
- Practical steps in managing the risk (pdf version)
- David Faithful, Partner, Clarke Willmott Solicitors:
- What the HSE guidelines means to you (pdf version)
October 2004 Conference
- Ellaine Young, Operations Manager, St. John's Ambulance NHQ:
- The St John Ambulance policy (pdf version)
- Edward Handley, Director, Big Wheelers Commercial Vehicle Driver Training:
- Licensed to drive? (pdf version)
- Dr Cris Burgess, School of Psychology, University of Exeter:
- Why do we drive in the way we do? Speeding - A social psychological perspective (pdf version)
- Andrew Howard MBE, MCIT, Head of Road Safety, The AA Motoring Trust:
- Practical steps in driver selection and deployment (pdf version)
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