SLS 15RS-241 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 47
BY SENATOR ERDEY
TRAFFIC. Requests public agencies to require its first responders to participate in the
traffic incident management process and training program.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To urge and request public agencies to require its first responders to participate in the traffic
3 incident management process and training program.
4 WHEREAS, traffic incidents, including crashes, disabled vehicles, and debris on the
5 roadway, create unsafe conditions; put motorists and first responders' lives at risk; and
6 account for approximately twenty-five percent of all traffic delays; and
7 WHEREAS, for each minute that a freeway travel lane is blocked during peak use,
8 an estimated four minutes of delay result after the incident is cleared; and
9 WHEREAS, the Federal Highway Administration, through the Department of
10 Transportation and Development in consultation with the office of state police, is offering
11 the first national and multidisciplinary traffic incident management (TIM) process and
12 training program; and
13 WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation and Development partners with the
14 office of state police to customize the TIM process and training to meet the needs of
15 Louisiana's first responders, and to provide leadership and support in offering the training
16 to first responders; and
17 WHEREAS, the TIM training for first responders promotes a shared understanding
18 of the requirements for the safe and quick clearance at traffic incident scenes; prompt,
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1 reliable and open communications; and motorist and first responder safeguards; and
2 WHEREAS, the TIM training is unique because it was created by first responders
3 for first responders; and
4 WHEREAS, the comprehensive curriculum utilizes a common set of practices and
5 engages all first responder disciplines from law enforcement, fire services, and emergency
6 medical services to transportation agencies and towing companies; and
7 WHEREAS, it is incumbent upon the state and its agencies, local governmental
8 subdivisions, political subdivisions, and other public agencies to provide education and
9 training to prepare its first responders in the traffic incident management process and
10 training program.
11 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
12 urge and request public agencies to require its first responders to participate in the traffic
13 incident management process and training program.
14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
15 governor and the commissioner of administration.
16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
17 Louisiana Municipal Association, the Police Jury Association of Louisiana, the Louisiana
18 Association of Chiefs of Police, the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association, the Louisiana Fire
19 Chief's Association, and the Louisiana City Marshals and City Constables Association, and
20 that each such association disseminate the Resolution to its membership.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by J. W. Wiley.
DIGEST
SCR 47 Original 2015 Regular Session Erdey
Requests public agencies to require its first responders to participate in the traffic incident
management process and training program.
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