RISK Master Safety Leader Program

About the Master Safety Leader Program The RISK Project Master Safety Leader Program was initiated in 1995 to provide an organized structure for volunteer rural child safety efforts, and to assist Purdue University's Agricultural Safety and Health Program in fulfilling the RISK Project's primary goal of making rural Indiana a safer place for children to live, work, and play.

The Rural Indiana Safer Kids Project initiated its first class of Master Safety Leaders at the first Safety Leader Rendezvous August 24-26, 1995 at Purdue University. This talented team of trained volunteers - selected for their agricultural know-how, aptitude for teaching, and dedication to promoting safety - has conducted community-based rural and farm safety programs throughout the state of Indiana.

1995 Master Safety Leader Team:

1995 RISK Project Master Safety Leaders include: (from left) Teresa Romanski, Bicknell; Benjamin Peetz, Batesville; Monica Lohrig, Madison; Linda Phillips, Rising Sun; Elaine Scott, Poneto; Jim Stevenson, Rockport; Ken Carnahan, Butler; Earl Shane, Greentown (not pictured: Dave Burton, Brookston; Don Lawson, Thorntown).

Master Safety Leader Map

Click on a red dot for information about the Safety Leader at that location. 

Team Roster:

David Burton - White County

Assistant manager of Orville Redenbacher/Swiss Miss Foods Co. plant in Brookston; farmer; 25-yr 4-H tractor club leader; volunteer firefighter.
Ken Carnahan - Dekalb County Owner/manger of family dairy/crop farm; certified paramedic and farm rescue instructor; coordinator of annual local Young Farmer safety day camp.
Don Lawson - Boone County Owner/manager of family cash grain farm; volunteer firefighter and EMT; farm rescue specialist; Farm Bureau/ Young Farmer officer; original organizer of annual county farm safety camp.
Monica Lohrig - Jefferson County Rural EMT, Director of public education for community Emergency Life Squad.
Ben Peetz - Ripley County Purdue University Agricultural Engineering student, active in Indiana FFA Association, farm worker, volunteer firefighter and amateur radio operator.
Linda Phillips - Ohio County Farmer, EMT Primary Responder, firefighter, CPR instructor, SIDS trainer, Farm Bureau safety leader.
Teresa Romanski - Newton County (formerly in Knox County) Seed corn production specialist, youth leader; former state FFA officer, CPR/First Aid certified.
Elaine Scott - Wells County
Respiratory rehabilitation technician, farmer, Farm Safety 4 Just Kids leader, volunteer grief therapist.
Earl Shane - Howard County Farmer, volunteer EMT, CPR and first responder instructor, farm rescue specialist, driver's safety instructor.
Jim Stevenson - Spencer County Farmer, Farm Safety 4 Just Kids leader, coordinator for local safety camp.

The 1996 Master Safety Leader Team:

(This section currently under construction)
Please contact James Carrabba for information regarding the 1996 Master Safety Leaders.
 

To schedule a program with a RISK Master Safety Leader contact:

James Carrabba
(317) 494-5013
FAX: (317) 496-1356
carrabba@ecn.purdue.edu

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Last updated 28 April1998.
Benjamin Peetz