By Eric Reddeck, NFFF Everyone Goes Home Advocate –http://www.everyonegoeshome.com
There is an accident on the interstate SSP, Police, EMS, Fire, Towing Recovery all respond. Traffic is controlled, Fire has checked for hazards, EMS is providing patient care. EMS advises that one victim is a fatality. Living patients are being transported to the hospital. Accident Reconstruction and Medical Examiner are on the way to the scene. Traffic is backing up and being diverted and your regional highway system has become a parking lot…….. Has your state and regional traffic incident management committees worked out the best practice for your region with a police for fatalities?
2016 Killed in the Line of Duty *all causes*
Police Officers 26 http://www.odmp.org/search/year/2016?ref=sidebar
Firefighters 14 http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
EMS 03 http://www.nemsms.org/notices.htm
Towers 03 http://www.internationaltowingmuseum.org
FHWA Traffic Incident Management http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/eto_tim_pse/about/tim.htm
Responder Safety Learning Network http://learning.respondersafety.com/
NFFF Fire Learning Network http://www.fireherolearningnetwork.com/
IACP * Police Officer Safety http://www.theiacp.org/CenterforOfficerSafetyandWellness
Towing and Recovery Association of America http://www.towserver.net/
Safe Highways http://www.safehighways.org/
IAFF Health, Safety, Medicine http://www.iaff.org/hs/index.htm
NFPA 1500 Health and Safety http://www.vfis.com/documents/NFPA1500.pdf
VFIS http://www.vfis.com/additional-materials-downloads.htm
Eric Reddeck hrfsoc@cox.net
NFFF Everyone Goes Home Advocate http://www.everyonegoeshome.com
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