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• PENNSYLVANIA HIGHWAY SAMARITAN DIED DOING GOOD, AS ALWAYS

  Joseph "Big Joe" Kelly Sr.'s son was in shock yesterday after learning that his dad was struck and killed at 2 a.m. while trying to save a wheelchair-bound homeless man on the Vine Street Expressway near the 15th Street off- ramp.

• PUBLIC SAFETY VESTS OK SAYS FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

  Public Safety Vests meet the requirements of Federal Regulation 23 CFR 634 according to a letter to the CVVFA Emergency Responder Safety Institute.

• HIGHWAY INCIDENT SCENE SAFETY FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS OFFERED AT NEW BLOOMFIELD PA VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY

  The CVVFA Emergency Responder Safety Institute in cooperation with the New Bloomfield PA Volunteer Fire Company presents Watch Out Behind You a highway incident scene safety course for emergency responders. There is no cost for this offering. Students will learn best practices for highway incident scene safety to protect all roadway responders.

• INTERMEDIATE ROADWAY INCIDENT TRAINING COURSE AT MARATHON KEY FLORIDA

• MANAGING HIGHWAY INCIDENT TRAINING AT LANCASTER PA MARCH 15

• MANAGING HIGHWAY INCIDENT TRAINING AT WEST VIRGINIA SAFETY SEMINAR MARCH 29TH

• WANT TO ESTABLISH A TRAFFIC CONTROL UNIT? FREE MANUAL AVAILABLE HERE

  Traffic control units commonly called Fire Police in many parts of the country can be an important element of roadway incident scene safety. Volunteer and some career departments rely on "Traffic Control Assistants" to protect responders and the public at accidents, fires or at special events in the community. This down-loadable manual provides information to assist in the establishment and management of these valuable units within a fire or police department.

• WATCH OUT BEHIND YOU A HIGHWAY INCIDENT SAFETY COURSE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS