Leaders of organizations must recognize the importance of health and safety in their agency. Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services has created a Agency Head Safety Pledge . http://www.vdh.state.va.us/OEMS/EO/HealthAndSafetyPledge.htm
On July 26, 2010, a 59-year-old male volunteer fire chief (victim 1) and a 67-year-old male volunteer fire fighter (victim 2) died after their fire truck entered a intersection in Rocky Mount , Virginia. . September 23 , 2013 a trial on the incident will be held .
NIOSH February 28, 2011 report of the incident http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face201019.html
Recommendation #6: Municipalities and authorities having jurisdiction should consider the use of intersection control devices on emergency vehicles and selected traffic lights.
The 2013 Session of the Virginia General Assembly enacted Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 277, followed by Governor McDonnell’s Executive Order 58 …. Adopting National Unified Goal .. Statewide Traffic Incident Management . Updated info in report to The Honorable Marla Graff Decker Secretary of Public Safety and The Honorable Stephen D. Newman Chairman, Senate Transportation Committee http://www.vdh.state.va.us/OEMS/NewsFeatures/TIM/index.htm
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
National Fallen Firefighter Memorial Weekend October 5 - 6, 2013 http://weekend.firehero.org/
NFFF Everyone Goes Home http://www.everyonegoeshome.com
TIM Network http://timnetwork.org
2013 Killed in the Line of Duty
Police Officers 66 http://www.odmp.org/search/year?year=2013
Fire Fighters 77 http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
EMS 19 http://www.nemsms.org/notices.htm
Towers 20 http://www.internationaltowingmuseum.org/
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