Operation Red Nose needs you!
If you can help, contact Bryan, VA3OG. (va3og@rac.ca)
Our ARES Partner, St John Ambulance, along with Safe City Brampton, Peel Regional Police and others, is sponsoring a community safety program called Operation Red Nose. It is aimed at helping drivers who feel they should not be behind their wheel to get home safely. A team consisting of 2 drivers and 1 navigator/radio operator will be dispatched to pick up the client. One driver with the navigator and the client drives the client home in their own car. The 2nd driver follows and picks up the team, ready for the next assignment.
Although a first for Brampton, Operation Red Nose has run successfully since 1984 in several other communities.
Click here to see the St John Ambulance document, Operation Red Nose. (link to be added.)
FAQ:
- This is NOT a taxi service. The client must have their own car with them.
- Dates: November 27 & 28. December 4,5,11,12,18,19. (Friday nights & Saturday nights)
- Times: 9 PM to 3 AM ideally (or as late as you can).
- Liability coverage: Drivers are covered by Client’s auto insurance, and as St John Volunteers, by a $12,000,000 policy, plus additional coverage by the Insurance Bureau of Canada.
- Police Check: Yes, you need one. St John Ambulance will arrange. It takes about 1 week, so let Bryan know ASAP if you are volunteering.
- Where: Pickup and delivery is limited to Brampton, between Steeles and Mayfield; McLaughlin and Airport Rd.
- Radio Operators needed: Five people are needed each night. One to serve as Dispatcher and one portable/mobile operator for each team. A GPS unit would be useful.
- Teams have the discretionary power to refuse to accept a client.
