News
Click on the links below for the latest emergency responder safety news.
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Police Vehicle Warning Signals—An Innovative Approach to Officer Safety
Police Vehicle Warning Signals—An Innovative Approach to Officer Safety
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Louisiana: Bus Driver Who Killed On-Duty Firefighter Gets 15 Years
Louisiana: Bus Driver Who Killed On-Duty Firefighter Gets 15 Years
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ResponderSafety.Com Releases New Short Public Service Announcements on Safe Driving Practices
ResponderSafety.com has added three new short PSAs to its PIO/Public Educator page to help communicate critical safe driving practices messages to the driving public.
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ResponderSafety.Com Releases New Backing Up Safety Video in Response to Recent Spate of Backing Up Deaths
Since March of 2016, four fire service personnel have been killed by emergency response vehicles that were backing up. Despite continuing efforts to educate all emergency responders about how to avoid backing up and back up safely when necessary, clearly enough is not being done to prevent these deaths.
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ResponderSafety.Com Breaks New Ground in Distracted-Driver Effort!
ResponderSafety.Com Breaks New Ground in Distracted-Driver Effort!
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Dr. Harry Carter: Attacking the “D” Driver Problem
Dr. Harry Carter: Attacking the “D” Driver Problem
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Chief Brunacini Dies Unexpectedly
Retired Phoenix Fire Chief Alan Brunacini who served as a Senior Fire Service Advisor to the CVVFA Emergency Responder Safety Institute died suddenly on Sunday October 15 at the airport in his hometown.
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Louis J. Amabili Dies
Louis J. Amabili a National Fire Service Legend and member of the CVVFA Emergency Responder Safety Institute has died after an illness.
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National TIM Training Certificate from the Responder Safety Learning Network Now Accepted by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection
The Texas Commission on Fire Protection has announced that the National TIM Training Certificate available from the Responder Safety Learning Network is now accepted as an equivalent course to fulfill Commission rule §435.29.
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CVVFA Receives FEMA Fire Prevention and Safety Grant For Responder Safety Project
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today that the CVVFA was awarded a Fire Prevention and Firefighter Safety Grant for $429,048 to continue its work on protecting emergency responders on the highways. The grant funds ResponderSafety.com and the ResponderSafety Learning Network the world’s largest repository of information to protect firefighters and other roadway responders from injury as they work to help others during traffic incidents. The grant will support new direct delivery materials and on line individual training all delivered though the ResponderSafety.com platforms.