Captain Safety is Here for You!

Welcome to the Land of Safety!

Do you know all the rules?!  Can you recite Part 382.101 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration?  Ha!  Me either, but I know some ladies that probably can.  Welcome to the land of Safety, where no driver really wants to go unless Deborah has $200 check with their name on it. 

Now don’t get me wrong these Ladies are a ball of funny but no one loves log corrections or going over permits.  But here is the deal; someone has to do this thankless job, these Ladies are the ones that keep all you Hurricane Drivers driving safe!

So how about we meet the team.

Hurricane Express’s Safety Director is Deborah Vanstory.  So just like when you met the recruiters I asked her 5 things that most people don’t know about her.  You know what?!? She tried to break the rules and only give me 4!  I was like NO mam, if you make me follow rules all the time, you are following mine.

1.      LOVES to fish and I heard she likes to hunt but hasn’t in a few years.

2.      She really wants a solid black German Shepard.

3.      She enjoys gardening.

4.      Her dream car is a 1973 Corvette Stingray and it must be red, not just red but Factory RED!

5.      She has not 1 but 2 Criminal Justice degrees.

 

Just a little basic info about Deborah.  She has 3 kids, 1 daughter and then twins, a boy and girl.  She has 9 grandkids (by the way 2 sets of twins in those grandkids).  She is from Wynne, AR which is west of Memphis, TN.

Deborah is our safety guru.  She is the person you want on your side when it comes to DOT.  Her brain is like a Rolodex for all regulations.  Speeding ticket, call Deborah.  Overweight, call Deborah. Clean DOT inspection, call Deborah.  Elephant in your Truck, call Deborah.  To be honest not really sure about that elephant thing but wouldn’t hurt to check.  So when it comes down to it, Deborah would be Captain Safety for Hurricane Express. 

So now on to our next safety hero.  I would call this lady the face of Hurricane, good ole country gal, Sondra.  When drivers walk in, she is normally the first to hug them or scream at them (in a proper workplace volume).  So let’s get to her Top 5 things that people might not know about her.

1.      She volunteers for an Animal Shelter

2.      She use to rodeo.  She was a barrel rider.

3.      She even worked for a rodeo company timing events.

4.      She loves to Tan! She even has schedule she follows.

5.      NO KIDS!

Sondra grew up in Springdale, Ar.  Most of her high school career was spent barrel racing.  Someone in the office described her as the crazy girl that loves to gamble.  As far as a special someone, is there one? Well you will just have to ask her for that juicy fact.

Sondra is pretty good at holding down that fort over here at Hurricane so much that she will be moving to Rolla, MO when our 2^nd yard opens later this year.  So get ready Missouri!  You are getting one fun loving, animal caring about and truly genuine person.  We do have a couple of people in the office that will need counseling when Sondra moves but I heard we will have grief counselors on site the day she moves.    

So what many of you don’t know is there is one more safety chick back there in the office.  She would be the quiet one that we keep chained to her desk over in the corner.  Just kidding!  Jamie is our data entry person that takes all your hours, bills and other stuff and enters them into the computer.  So here are 5 facts that you might not know about her.

1.      She has a handbag obsession.

2.      She just inherited a house and is remodeling it.

3.      She was a Cheerleader! I suspected this she seems super cheery.

4.      She teaches Sunday School

5.      Advocate against violence and domestic abuse of women and children.

Jamie is married to Jeff and they have 5 children, 2 boys and 3 girls.  She is a local girl from Colcord, OK.  So next time you stop in the safety office and you are feeling a little gloomy, I bet if Jamie flashed her million dollar smile, your frown would turn upside down.