The Foundations of Farmsafe WA Alliance

Farmsafe WA Alliance aims to protect farming families and workers - and improve farm business performance - through better safety awareness and practices. Farmsafe WA, an independent, non-government, not-for-profit, incorporated body, is an organisation of farmers, community and industry groups.

Our mission is: in partnership with the WA farming community, Farmsafe WA Alliance will identify health and safety issues, provide knowledge and motivation to develop strategies and help find solutions for improved work practices and lifestyles.

The Alliance and its members aim to:

• Facilitate and implement actions for improved farm safety management, focusing at the regional level;
• Provide a regional forum for consideration of safety and health issues, including work practices, stress and fatigue, respiratory, hearing, mobile equipment, falls prevention, risk management, chemical handling, electrical awareness and community well being and development;
• Establish resource and knowledge centres and communication networks;
• Support community safety "ethic" leaders, coordinators and other key people in providing for injury prevention and health enhancement projects;
• Support the implementation of farm injury prevention projects at a regional level, ensuring coordinated and linked efforts;
• Develop and test local and regional community based farm injury prevention practices/projects within Western Australia;
• Build alliances with and between agencies, industry and community groups to enhance farm injury prevention.

The Alliance also supports:

An emphasis on initiatives which are innovative demonstration/involvement projects combining communication and community capacity building.

• Developing safety awareness through a combination of Alliance member programmes, ideas and initiatives.
• Encouraging the identification and subsequent management of priority safety related issues within specific regions.
• Building farm injury prevention enhancement programmes through the acknowledgement and value adding potential of other Alliance member programmes /projects.
• Safety education through established educational networks and institutions for the benefit of the emerging generation of farmers in Western Australia

Involvement in the Community

Farmsafe WA is the major provider in this State of training in farm injury risk management. One of our core activities is the delivery of the Managing Farm Safety Course.

Farmsafe WA is also involved in developing programs in agricultural machinery, noise injury prevention, medical emergency preparedness, occupational health and safety, injury prevention, ATV safety and rural children's safety. We promote awareness of farm safety issues at agricultural shows and field days, and respond to many enquiries for information from agricultural colleges, farm managers and workers, rural hospitals and health professionals, and a range of community organisations.

Our network

(including sponsors and members) have included:

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