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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 47
BY SENATOR ERDEY
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request public agencies to require its first responders to participate in the traffic
incident management process and training program.
WHEREAS, traffic incidents, including crashes, disabled vehicles, and debris on the
roadway, create unsafe conditions; put motorists' and first responders' lives at risk; and
account for approximately twenty-five percent of all traffic delays; and
WHEREAS, for each minute that a freeway travel lane is blocked during peak use,
an estimated four minutes of delay result after the incident is cleared; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Highway Administration, through the Department of
Transportation and Development in consultation with the office of state police, is offering
the first national and multidisciplinary traffic incident management (TIM) process and
training program; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation and Development partners with the
office of state police to customize the TIM process and training to meet the needs of
Louisiana's first responders, and to provide leadership and support in offering the training
to first responders; and
WHEREAS, the TIM training for first responders promotes a shared understanding
of the requirements for the safe and quick clearance at traffic incident scenes; prompt,
reliable, and open communications; and motorist and first responder safeguards; and
WHEREAS, the TIM training is unique because it was created by first responders
for first responders; and
WHEREAS, the comprehensive curriculum utilizes a common set of practices and
engages all first responder disciplines from law enforcement, fire services, and emergency
medical services to transportation agencies and towing companies; and
WHEREAS, it is incumbent upon the state and its agencies, local governmental
subdivisions, political subdivisions, and other public agencies to provide education and
training to prepare its first responders in the traffic incident management process and
training program.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request public agencies to require its first responders to participate in the traffic
incident management process and training program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
governor and the commissioner of administration.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
Louisiana Municipal Association, the Police Jury Association of Louisiana, the Louisiana
Association of Chiefs of Police, the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association, the Louisiana Fire
Chief's Association, and the Louisiana City Marshals and City Constables Association, and
that each such association disseminate the Resolution to its membership.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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