View from the Street – April 2013

 Traffic Engineers can greatly improve the safety of  First Responders and the driving public by installing  Emergency Vehicle Preemption systems of  traffic signals.   An example of the very high cost of  intersection accidents happened  On July 26, 2010  when  TWO  Rocky Mount , Virginia Firefighters were killed.  NIOSH   Recommendation #6: Municipalities and authorities having jurisdiction should consider the use of intersection control devices on emergency vehicles and selected traffic lights.

   http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face201019.html

                       

Emergency Vehicle Preemption of Traffic Signals

 http://www.gtt.com/gtt-applications-emergency-response  

 

                               2013  Killed in the Line of Duty
   Police Officers  24  http://www.odmp.org/search/year?year=2013
   Fire Fighters    13   http://www.firehero.org/   NFA  http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fireservice/ 
   EMS                     10   http://www.nemsms.org/notices.htm
   Towers              06   http://www.internationaltowingmuseum.org/