Rural carrier helps truck accident victim
Rural Carrier Associate Alexis Baker was recently delivering mail in Manito, IL, when she came upon a FedEx truck that had overturned, coming to rest in a corn field. Baker immediately called 911 and rendered first aid to the injured driver. Emergency responders soon arrived and took over. “Her co-workers ...
Rural carrier responds to fire at customer’s home
Rural Carrier Associate Kourtney Bray was recently delivering mail in Holland, NY, when she spotted a truck in flames outside a customer’s residence. She immediately called 911 and remained on the scene until firefighters arrived to extinguish the blaze before it could spread to the detached garage and the house ...
Rural Carriers – USPS OIG wants your opinions on POV routes vs USPS vehicle routes
The U.S. Postal Service has almost 80,000 rural delivery routes serviced by some 133,000 rural letter carriers. For some of those routes, USPS provides the vehicle; for others, the carrier uses a private vehicle and receives a maintenance allowance from the Postal Service for wear and tear. In fiscal year ...
New page added to Ruralinfo.net – All Things RRECS
I have tried to gather all the info needed in once place for RRECS. If you know of something I missed, please let me know. Click here to go to the RRECS page -All thing RRECS ...
Texas rural carrier saves injured customer’s life
Marissa Means, a rural carrier associate in Kerens, TX, was delivering mail one day last summer when she heard someone yelling for help. She soon spotted a customer who’d fallen off his lawn mower and was bleeding profusely from multiple lacerations he’d sustained. Means immediately called 911 and remained on ...
Video: NRLCA President Stutts Explains the Details of the 2021-2024 Tentative Agreement
In this video, NRLCA President Stutts explains the details of the 2021-2024 Tentative Agreement ...
Early morning accident claims life of Dublin, TX postal worker, Mindi House
A two-vehicle accident shortly before 7 a.m. Tuesday has claimed the life of 39-year-old Mindi House. Captain James Gresham with the Stephenville Police Department told Beneath the Surface News that House was traveling east on Washington Street and attempting to make a left-hand turn onto Wolfe Nursery Road when her ...
Postal Service has designated Jan. 24 as Rural Reach Day
The Postal Service has designated Jan. 24 as Rural Reach Day, which celebrates the organization’s lead-sharing program for rural carriers. USPS districts will hold events to thank rural carriers for contributing to the Rural Reach program, which has generated more than $817 million in estimated annualized revenue since it began ...
USPS OIG Report on Replacement of Privately Owned Delivery Vehicles
Background In fiscal year (FY) 2020, the U.S. Postal Service had about 133,000 rural letter carriers and associates delivering mail on over 79,500 rural routes. A rural route can be a government owned vehicle (GOV) route where the Postal Service provides the delivery vehicle, or an equipment maintenance allowance (EMA) ...
Rural carrier makes right call for customer
Rickey Pottle, a rural carrier from Gardiner, ME, was recently making deliveries in nearby Farmingdale when he grew concerned about a customer whose mail was piling up unusually. Pottle alerted the local Post Office, and authorities were asked to check on the man. Emergency responders discovered that the customer had ...
Rural carrier rescues child from highway danger
Rural Carrier William Goddard was recently delivering mail in Martins Ferry, OH, when he saw a car swerve on a four-lane highway to avoid hitting a 5-year-old boy darting in and out of traffic. Goddard immediately stopped and waved at an oncoming truck to alert the driver to the presence ...
Rural carrier aids customer injured after yardwork
Rural Carrier Steve Slinkard was recently delivering mail in Paragould, AR, when he heard someone yelling for help behind a residence. Slinkard stopped to render aid and soon found a customer facedown on the back porch. The man said he’d fallen after mowing his lawn and had been trying to ...