Who is AMSAF?
Who is AMSAF?
The Arizona Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Foundation (AMSAF, a nonprofit 501c3 Foundation has helped save thousands of lives on our busy roadways. And we are proud of our track record. However, we have only just begun the fight to reduce distracted driving and to train motorcyclists so they can ride better defensively when they ride. AMSAF is made up of a dedicated group of leaders and partners focused on the mission at hand. We love what we do and how it helps others.
Who We Are
For more than 14 years, the Arizona Motorcycle Safety & Awareness Foundation (AMSAF) has played a leading role in the effort to reduce the number of crashes and fatalities because of distracted driving and a lack of motorcycle training.
AMSAF works with numerous business partners and sponsors, including local businesses, healthcare entities, the State of Arizona, police departments, legal, insurance, and other entities, and individuals, to help decrease the number of distracted and DUI-impaired drivers and to provide scholarships, statewide, to train motorcyclists in how to ride more defensively.
Our One-of-a-Kind Programs
Too many riders have no formal training, which is dangerous in terms of defensive riding, and our programs give them the tools they need and provide riders with their needed endorsement. AMSAF steadily built its reputation after creating the first discounted Scholarship program for training motorcycle riders statewide and has helped more than six thousand individuals and families in Arizona.
AMSAF next developed and continues to promote a helmet assistance program that helps individuals garner a high-quality DOT full face or modular helmet for major savings. The program is growing in popularity and support, with 3,000-plus people already enjoying critical helmet safety. Myriad motorcycle businesses and suppliers embrace the program.
The non-profit next became a spokesperson and committed supporter of Share the Road, a statewide Arizona effort to build an even stronger awareness about the need for Arizonans to share the road and not be undistracted while driving. Share the Road is a statewide public awareness effort aimed at focusing Arizona motorists and riders on the critical need to be undistracted when driving.
Most recently, AMSAF began partnering with Accident Scene Management to help reduce crashes and fatalities at the scene of motor vehicle crashes. Accident Scene Management (ASM), DBA Road Guardians, is a non-profit organization established in 1996. The mission of the organization is to reduce injuries and fatalities to motorcyclists through first response education. ASM is the largest and most recognized motorcycle trauma training organization in the world. Its specialists teach academic classes to motorcyclists, introducing a logical approach to minimizing injuries. Critical skills such as moving the injured, helmet removal, jaw thrust, rescue breathing and tourniquet, and all are demonstrated and practiced.
Since the beginning, AMSAF has believed in education. Education, safety, and awareness are part of our expanding mission to help the community.
Community Outreach
Our devoted partners help us plan great interactive public events, provide intense promotion through news, social media, newsletters, ads, themed billboards, marketing collateral with purpose, and amazing campaigns and programs.
However, AMSAF offers so much more. We support our local police departments and get involved in key community events like Motorcycle Public Safety Days put on by the local Police.
The fact is, we could not complete our programs without the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety grants, which come from the Arizona Motorcycle Safety Fund. The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) has been a close partner with AMSAF since our inception. And we want to continue to grow together, helping the community to be safer.
To date, AMSAF has helped more than nine thousand people financially get into our programs throughout the State. So, when it comes to safety awareness behind the wheel of a moving vehicle, nothing can be more important than the dissemination of safety advice and timely information. There are hundreds of people moving to Arizona every month, making our roads even busier and dangerous, which will increase our challenge, but we are up to it with the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety and numerous other partners helping us now and into the future.
Warmest regards,
Mick Degn, Executive Director
mick@amsaf.org
602-312-4554
Mission
Mission Statement – To promote safety and public awareness and to help reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities in Arizona; recognizing that everyone has the duty and responsibility to share the road.
~Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety
This is AMSAF’s mission. We are Arizona motorcyclists working for our fellow riders.
And, with your tax-deductible contribution, here is how we will meet our goals:
Promote
Promote media campaigns and public safety announcements
Develop
Develop motorcycle education, training, and awareness programs
Legislate
Support legislation that directly affects motorcycle safety and awareness
Train
Support rider training programs
Vision and Objectives
We aim to foster a safe, motorcycle-friendly environment for all Arizona motorcyclists. Our plans:
Announce
Produce public service announcements, seminars, and videos with the theme, “Watch out for motorcycles”
Educate
Produce educational materials emphasizing the importance of riding responsibly and the perils of impairment
Create
Create a multi-media marketing campaign using television, radio, billboards, newspapers, magazines, and the Internet to promote motorcycle safety and awareness
Cooperate
Work with the Arizona Department of Transportation to minimize hazardous road conditions for motorcycles
Our Start
