Take Free Online Training from the Federal Highway Administration
As life returns to normal—including traffic, whether we like it or not—traffic crashes will also increase on our nation’s roadways. Along with this, expect to see an increase in struck-by fatalities of roadway responders.
The Federal Highway Administration is encouraging first responders to use this time to take free online training in traffic incident management. While hundreds of thousands of responders have been trained in recent years, there are still too many preventable deaths every year for the professionals who show up to help those in need. In 2020 alone, there were 46 stuck-by deaths.
The National TIM Responder Training’s self-paced, 4-hour class covers all the essentials, including notification and scene size-up, safe vehicle positioning, scene safety, command responsibilities, traffic management, special circumstances, and clearance and termination.
In 2020, less than 60,000 first responders took a class in traffic incident management. You can help by visiting: http://bitly.com/timfhwa
