About IL OL

Illinois Operation Lifesaver ( IL OL) is a non-profit public safety education and awareness organization dedicated to reducing collisions, injuries, and fatalities at highway-rail crossings along Illinois nearly 7400 miles of active rail lines.

IL OL promotes rail safety through public awareness campaigns and education initiatives, including free safety presentations by authorized volunteers. We speak to school groups, driver education classes, community audiences, professional drivers, law enforcement officers, emergency responders, and others. Our program is co-sponsored by state and local government agencies, highway safety organizations, America's railroads, and other entities.

Together we promote the three E's - education, enforcement and engineering - to keep people safe around the tracks and railway crossings within our communities. IL OL is part of a national nonprofit program known as Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI).