Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 8:30
a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Fee for Service: No charge
Sub-committee of the Works and Transportation
Committee (a standing committee of the Corporation
of the City of Brampton)
Membership includes representatives from:
City Council, School Boards, Student Transportation,
Peel Regional Police, Peel Health, Works and
Transportation Department (City of Brampton)
and citizen representatives
Considers matters that relate directly to
school safety concerns and pedestrian education
Hours of Operation: Normal Business Hours
Fee for Service: Course materials may be purchased
Council has national public awareness campaigns
concerning Farm Safety, Summer Safety, Road
Safety, School Safety, Community Safety and
Crime Prevention, Senior's Safety, Home Fire
Safety and Safe Driving
Provides babysitter training
Provides a quarterly publication by subscription
called Living Safety, a family safety magazine.
Also provides a member newsletter called Safety
Canada, which covers current safety issues and
new council initiative
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.
- 1 p.m.
Fee for Service: Donation for survivor presentations
Works in partnership with community agencies,
corporate Canada, police services, policy makers,
the judicial system and schools to promote education
and awareness to reduce and ultimately eliminate
death and injury caused by impaired and or unsafe
driving
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m.
- 4 p.m.
Fee for Service: No charge
Provides data and information regarding injuries,
manages the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting
and Prevention Program (CHIRPP) - an emergency
department based injury surveillance system
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.
- 5 p.m.
Fee for Service: No charge
Provides a source through which both City
Council and the Committee's agency members can
receive a community-based perspective on safe
driving issues
Continues to raise community awareness regarding
road safety through education and enforcement
The Committee encourages residents and visitors
to become actively involved in deterring aggressive
and dangerous driving behaviour through its
ROAD WATCH program
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 8:30
a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Fee for Service: No charge
Sub-committee of City Council which makes
recommendations on matters designed to protect
students from the dangers of vehicular traffic
- placement of crossing guards, initiated the
Kiss and Ride program
Conducts site inspections at schools to review
requests for crossing guards, traffic congestion
and appropriate signage
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.
- 5 p.m.
(Road Knights available on weekends and evenings)
Fee for Service: No charge
Knights Team is a group of nine professional
transport drivers with first class driving records
who make presentations on how car and truck
drivers can safely share the road. The team's
mission is to help make our roadways safer by
encouraging all road users to be partners in
safety. The program is overseen by the Ontario
Trucking Association
The Road Knights are available to meet with
groups to provide insight on sharing the road
with a transport truck and how all road users
can be partners in safety
A visit by a Road Knight includes an oral
presentation, a video on road sharing and/or
careers in the trucking industry, and a complimentary
copy of Sharing the Road with a Truck - our
highly acclaimed booklet of safe driving tips
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.
- 6 p.m. Flexible due to events
Fee for Service: No charge to Toronto public
A City of Toronto initiative providing safety
information and raising awareness for all road
and trail users
Ambassadors host special events and distribute
safety information to promote responsible behaviour
on the roads and trails, and encourage people
to learn about bike safety
Program events include: safety talks, school
presentations, Kid's Can-Bike festivals, helmet
fitting, bicycle safety checks, interactive
public displays, distribution of safety information,
maps and materials, lunch time seminars, special
program events such as S.P.A.C.E., Large Truck
Safety, O.A.S.I.S. and Trail Maintenance, and
smog awareness
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.
- 5 p.m.
Fee for Service: No charge
The ROAD WATCH program is a community initiative
started as a result of the high number of fatal
vehicle collisions in the Caledon area
The City of Brampton, Town of Caledon and
the City of Mississauga have adopted this program
ROAD WATCH encourages the residents/visitors
of Peel to report dangerous and aggressive driving
by completing a Citizen Report form when they
observe a motorist demonstrating unsafe driving
behaviour
The goals of the program are Awareness, Education
and Enforcement
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.
- 5 p.m.
Fee for Service: No charge
National injury prevention program of the
Hospital for Sick Children
Activities focus on raising awareness about
injury prevention for children, educating people
on how to prevent child injuries and advocating
safer environments for children
Provides information to parents by telephone
and through the Website as well as through
public awareness campaigns and media stories
Provides information to the people who deal
with parents and children directly - doctors,
teachers, public health nurses - to make sure
that parents can obtain safety tips in their
community
