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  • Do you Know of Unique Striping on NON FIRE APPARATUS vehicles? We Need Photos

    Respondersafety.com is conducting a photo survey on the most effective striping on NON Fire Apparatus intended to prevent rear end collisions. Since 2009 NFPA 1901 the Motorized Fire Apparatus Standard has included the requirement for striping on at least 50% of the rear of all fire apparatus. The new NFPA Ambulance Standard includes a similar requirement

  • Families of New York Road Repairmen Killed on Job Demand Tough Penalties for Drivers Who Stray Into Work Zones

    Grief-wracked relatives of road repairmen killed or injured on the job called Monday for tougher penalties for drivers who enter work zones. Proposed state legislation for the first time would make it crime to intrude into a marked work zone even if workers' aren't injured.

  • Kanawha County, WV Community Helps Nitro Police Officer Hit by Car

    Family, fellow officers and the community gathered Monday evening at Buffalo Wild Wings to support the Nitro police officer hit by a car on Thanksgiving. Officer Jimmy Lee was directing traffic, when he was hit.

  • Police Motorcycle Escort Duty has Perils

    Nearly every day, Houston-area motorists share streets and freeways with police officers on motorcycle who are escorting funerals, dignitaries, wide-cargo loads or controlling traffic outside sporting events. The two-wheeled duty can be dangerous and even deadly: At least one officer was killed and seven others were injured as off-duty escorts in the past five years, according to a Houston Chronicle accident analysis.

  • Injured Michigan Trooper Returns To Work

    A Michigan state trooper has returned to work after recovering from injuries suffered when he was hit by a car during a traffic stop.

  • Hundreds Attend Funeral for Canadian Officer Killed During Traffic Stop

    Public security officers from as far away as British Columbia travelled to Bromont on Friday to honour and lay to rest one of their own. There were hundreds of pairs of highly polished boots in a town better known for skiing, horses, a chocolate museum and candle stores. Vincent Roy, 37, a constable with the Bromont police force, was killed by a truck that veered onto the shoulder of a rural road Dec. 1 as he was returning to his car after stopping a vehicle.

  • Connecticut Trooper's Killer Back in Court

    A Westerville man caught driving despite a lifetime ban after killing a state trooper 10 years ago will be free again today after posting $150,000 bond. David K. Dye, 43, was arraigned in Delaware County Common Pleas Court this morning before Judge W. Duncan Whitney for driving under a lifetime suspension, a third-degree felony that calls for at least nine months in prison if convicted. He also faces a minor misdemeanor charge of driving with an open container of alcohol.

  • Police Kill Man Who Rammed Truck Into Florida Patrol Car

    Miami-Dade police were forced to shoot the driver of a Toyota Tundra pick up truck after he reportedly rammed a patrol car.

  • NFPA Releases Report on Fire Police On Duty Deaths

    The National Fire Protection Association released a comprehensive report on Fire Police Line of Duty Deaths. The Report is accessible here

  • Updated ANSI 207 Public Safety Vest Standard Published

    The International Safety Equipment Association who is responsible for the ANSI 207 Public Safety Vest standard has issued an update to the 2006 document

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