11/11/2019
Reed Hollinshead
ITD Communication
208-334-8881
reed.hollinshead@itd.idaho.gov
REMINDER OF MEDIA OPPORTUNITY: Signing Tuesday (Nov. 12) at Gov's Office for Traffic Incident Safety Awareness
BOISE - Idaho Gov. Brad Little and the Idaho Transportation Department are collaborating tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 12) to bring attention to the importance of traffic incident responders during National Traffic Incident Management Awareness Week.
Various emergency response organizations such as ITD, law enforcement, tow trucks, fire department, medical services, port of entry, and ambulance services all play a critical role in managing and clearing an incident from the roadway.
Here are the event details:
WHAT: Gov. Little will sign a proclamation recognizing the importance of traffic managers and incident responders
WHEN: 9:30 a.m. (MST), Tuesday, Nov. 12
WHERE: Governor's Office, 700 W. Jefferson St., Boise
Besides
Gov. Little, other dignitaries on hand will include: ITD Director Brian
Ness, Idaho State Police Colonel Kedrick Wills, ITD Chief Operations
Officer Travis McGrath, Federal Highway Administration's Idaho Division
Administrator Pete Hartman, Department of Health and Welfare Bureau
Chief Wayne Denny and Idaho Towing Association State Directors Lee &
Sheryl Bellemare.
“Roadway incidents can occur at any time and
may require law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services, tow
operators and transportation workers. The ability for them to respond
quickly is critical to both the protection of life and the reduction of
secondary crashes,” said ITD Emergency Manager Neal Murphy.
“Traffic
incident management training provides the tools for responders to work
together in the event of a traffic incident,” he added. “The traveling
public can do their part to protect responders by driving in an engaged
manner and moving over when incident responders are present.”
Traffic
incident responders in Idaho contribute substantially to caring for
victims in these crashes, and the quick clearance of our roadways
increases mobility of the traveling public and has the added benefit of
greatly enhancing safety on the highways.