Start Date:
-PDH Credit
Summary:
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Program invites all emergency medical service (EMS), fire and rescue, law enforcement, public works, towing and recovery, transportation, 911 communicators, and other traffic incident response professions to participate in the National Kickoff webinar for CRSW.
This kickoff event is hosted by FHWA Office of Transportation Operations and will honor responders, provide an overview of activities taking place across the country, and connect all responder stakeholders to resources that helps them become champions and advocates for responder safety.
Kristin White, FHWA Acting Administrator, will welcome webinar attendees and emphasize the importance FHWA places on responder safety and the safety of all road users. Acting Administrator White will highlight key FHWA programs to improve the safety of our nation’s first responders. Additionally, the webinar will feature:
- Responder Struck By Testimony, Steven Stinchcomb, Field Supervisor, Maryland Transportation Authority
- Required New Driver Education in Oklahoma Focuses on Responder Safety, Roger Straka, Maintenance Division Program Manager, Oklahoma DOT
- Responder Training – Take it, Teach it, Institutionalize it! Brian Webb, State EMS Training Coordinator, Alaska Department of Health
- The Role of 911 Operators in Promoting Slow Down, Move Over and Driver Removal Laws, Jennifer Kirkland, Colorado State 9-1-1 Program Manager
- Honoring our Responders: The Wall of the Fallen, Jim Jennings, Board Member, Towing Recovery Association of America
Please join this National Kickoff webinar to learn about the actions that response leaders and every responder can take to advance the safety of incident responders and road users. We encourage every boots-on-the-ground traffic incident responder, and response leadership to attend this Kickoff Webinar and sign the National CRSW Proclamation.
Visit the FHWA CRSW (https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/tim/crash_responder.htm) or NOCOE CRSW (https://transportationops.org/TIM/CRSW) pages to learn more about Crash Responder Safety Week.