View from the Street ** May 2013

‘You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink’ 1175 in Old English Homilies .. In 2013 national groups have developed BEST Practices that can greatly improve First Responder and the driving public’s safety, but will they be adopted and used.

Advance Warning Multi Agency Training Pre-Emption PIO & PRESS

National Unified Goal http://ntimc.transportation.org/Pages/NationalUnifiedGoal(NUG).aspx

FHWA Emergency Transportation Operations http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/eto_tim_pse/index.htm

Responder Safety http://www.respondersafety.com

NFFF Everyone Goes Home http://www.everyonegoeshome.com

TIM Network http://timnetwork.org

2013 Killed in the Line of Duty
Police Officers 39 http://www.odmp.org/search/year?year=2013
Fire Fighters 31 http://www.firehero.org/ NFA http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fireservice/
EMS 10 http://www.nemsms.org/notices.htm
Towers 08 http://www.internationaltowingmuseum.org/

Eric Reddeck HRFSOC@cox.net
National Fallen Firefighters Foundation * Everyone Goes Home *- Advocate http://www.everyonegoeshome.com

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