This is a 3.5 hour training course and is FREE and available to all emergency responders. This class will be held at the Good Intent Hose Company social quarters, 12 Silverton Road, Llewellyn, PA 17944.
The National TIM Responder Training Program was created as part of the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2) as authorized by Congress in 2005. After development and review by responders from all disciplines, the course was pilot tested and adopted by the FHWA for national rollout in 2012.
According to ResponderSafety.com, approximately 12,200 roadways responses occur everyday in the United States by the nations fire departments. Every year in the United States, dozens of responders are struck and killed, hundreds are injured and countless more experience near miss incidents which may have resulted in tragedy. To date, 41 responders have been struck and killed in 2019 in the United States. The goal of this course is to provide a multi discipline approach to safe operation at roadway traffic incidents to protect the motoring public and our responders, comprising of fire, emergency medical, law enforcement, towing and recovery and public works providers.
The National TIM Responder Training Program was created as part of the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2) as authorized by Congress in 2005. After development and review by responders from all disciplines, the course was pilot tested and adopted by the FHWA for national rollout in 2012.
According to ResponderSafety.com, approximately 12,200 roadways responses occur everyday in the United States by the nations fire departments. Every year in the United States, dozens of responders are struck and killed, hundreds are injured and countless more experience near miss incidents which may have resulted in tragedy. To date, 41 responders have been struck and killed in 2019 in the United States. The goal of this course is to provide a multi discipline approach to safe operation at roadway traffic incidents to protect the motoring public and our responders, comprising of fire, emergency medical, law enforcement, towing and recovery and public works providers.
The course will be presented by Paul T Kennedy, Deputy Chief, Lehigh Law Enforcement. Robert Bemis, Sergeant – Retired, Pennsylvania State Police, will guest present at the start of the course.
