News
Click on the links below for the latest emergency responder safety news.
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The Responder Safety Learning Network is Going Responsive
In the next week, the Responder Safety Learning Network (RSLN) will debut a brand new graphic look, navigation, and features in a responsive design that enables the network to be displayed optimally on all devices, including smartphones.
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ResponderSafety.com Releases "Roadway Response Safety Shorts"
ResponderSafety.com is pleased to release ten Roadway Response Safety Shorts videos that demonstrate critical actions to take at every scene to improve the safety of your roadway operations.
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Pennsylvania: Paramedic starts petition after co-worker hit, killed while responding to crash
Pennsylvania: Paramedic starts petition after co-worker hit, killed while responding to crash
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Struck-By Fatalities of Roadway Responders Spikes Alarmingly in Early 2020
In the first two weeks of 2020, seven roadway responders have been struck and killed by vehicles while assisting the public.
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A Joint North American Firefighter Survival Message
On behalf of the leadership of the below named organizations, we are providing this unified message of survival related to firefighter and EMS personnel operating on roadways.
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North Carolina: I-485 drivers criticized by EMS for gawking at and videotaping overturned car
North Carolina: I-485 drivers criticized by EMS for gawking at and videotaping overturned car
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Initial Blocking at Highway Incident Scenes
Many emergency vehicle struck-by incidents and secondary incidents occur during the 'initial' stages of an incident response.
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National Traffic Incident Response Awareness Week 2019
National Traffic Incident Response Awareness Week 2019 is a chance for all emergency responders to individually and jointly make a difference by teaching each other, and the motoring public, about our common goals and responsibilities to one another while operating at incidents of all types on roads and highways.
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Fire Apparatus Emergency Lighting Study Report
This report details the history of how the current fire apparatus lighting standards were developed, summarizes the last 20 years of research on emergency lighting, and has the results of a study done in May 2019 specifically addressing what changes should be made to fire apparatus lighting standards in response to the change to LED lighting.
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ResponderSafety.Com Debuts Roadway Safety Teaching Topic Packages for Instructors
Instructors are the backbone of the education and training of the emergency services. ResponderSafety.com and the Responder Safety Learning Network recognize that instructors must be properly prepared and equipped to teach roadway safety both as a topic in its own right and integrated with other tasks like vehicle fire suppression or rendering aid to motorists who have broken down.