Has your General Assembly & Governor shown leadership in statewide traffic incident management? Has your state adopted the National Unified Goal for TIM? In 2013, the Virginia General Assembly adopted SJR 277 and the report on progress of TIM is at this link — SD3
SD3 | A Report on the Statewide Traffic Incident Management Committee (SJR 277, 2013) |
• Creation of a Statewide Traffic Incident Management Plan, which establishes a framework for effective traffic incident management through the promotion of the National Unified Goal for traffic incident management.
* NUG http://ntimc.transportation.org/Pages/NationalUnifiedGoal(NUG).aspx *
Virginia 5 Statewide Traffic Incident Management Plan
• Development of a uniform training initiative for all TIMs stakeholders to provide our first responders common goals with which to work highway incidents. Subsequently, the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRPII) for TIMs Training was adopted, and training began in January 2013.
• TIMs Best Practices
• Responder Safety
• Responder Communications
Virginia 5 Statewide Traffic Incident Management Plan
1 Senate Joint Resolution 277
2 Executive Order 58
3 Statewide TIMs Committee Membership
4 Statewide TIMs Committee Meeting Minutes
5 Statewide Traffic Incident Management Plan
6 SHRPII Training Flyer
7 SHRPII Training Report
8 Local TIMs Committee List
Fire Service-Based EMS…There’s a New Tool Kit For Your Use
http://www.everyonegoeshome.com/news/2014/emstoolkit.html
A small group of major organizations recently came together to significantly overhaul the Fire Service-Based EMS Electronic Tool Kit that was originally developed in 2010. These partners included representatives from the Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association; the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF); the International Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA); the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC); and the Congressional Fire Services Institute (CFSI).
2013 Killed in the Line of Duty
Police Officers 106 http://www.odmp.org/search/year?year=2013
Fire Fighters 101 http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
EMS 22 http://www.nemsms.org/notices.htm
Towers 23 http://www.internationaltowingmuseum.org/
Eric Reddeck HRFSOC@cox.net
NFFF * Everyone Goes Home Advocate http://www.everyonegoeshome.com
TIM Network “View from the Street” http://www.timnetwork.org
Chair Hampton Roads Highway Incident Management Committee (est 1999)
Chair Hampton Roads Fire Safety Officials Committee (est 1997)
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