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HITS

Highway Incident & Transportation Systems (HITS)

Overview | Committee | Highway Mass Casualty Readiness Project
Other Projects | Partners | Links | Resource Documents

Overview

The purpose of the Highway Incident and Transportation Systems (HITS) Committee is to:

  • Engage NASEMSO on highway safety issues relevant to EMS
  • Collaborate with highway safety partners to promote their understanding of EMS and to identify opportunities for cooperative efforts to reduce injuries and save lives
  • Provide input to NASEMSO Executive Committee on highway safety concerns

HITS Committee

HITS Committee Meetings

Highway Mass Casualty Readiness Project (Materials to be posted soon!)

  • Project Summary
  • Steering Committee
  • Work Group
  • NTSB Recommendations
  • Mexican Hat Accident Report
  • Event Response Readiness Assessment (ERRA)
  • Model Inventory of Emergency Care Elements (MIECE)
  • Project Meetings

Other Projects

  • Ambulance Safety Writing Project - 2010. This NAEMSP-led project, funded by Zoll and Physio-Control, began with a two-day conference in January 2010. A team of six people are conducting a review of the literature and will take the lessons from the conference to write a “white paper” for publication and dissemination. There are four writing groups: driver, vehicle, provider, and patient. Dr. Jane Brice (UNC) is the Principal Investigator. NASEMSO was represented at the conference by Dia Gainor.
  • WNNG: What’s Next - Next Generation 9-1-1. The current 9-1-1 system is designed around telephone technology and cannot handle the text, data, images and video increasingly common in personal communications and critical to future transportation safety and mobility advances. The Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) initiative will establish the foundation for emergency communications services in a wireless mobile society. TSAG’s multidisciplinary group will identify data to transmit to 9-1-1 center following incident. The timeline for completion is the 2010 calendar year, with kickoff in March 2010. NASEMSO will send representatives to provide an EMS perspective.
  • Toward Zero Deaths: A National Strategy on Highway Safety. This project is a data-driven effort to identify and create opportunities for changing American culture as it relates to highway safety. It focuses on developing strong leadership and champions in organizations that directly impact highway safety through engineering, enforcement, education, emergency medical service (EMS), policy, public health, and communications. The goal is to develop an outline for the national strategy by Spring 2010 and finalize the strategy in 2011. John Bixler is NASEMSO’s representative on the Steering Committee and the contact person is Kelly Hardy, 202-624-5868, khardy@aashto.org.
  • SHRP 2 – L12: Training and Certification for Traffic Incident Responders. The project is intended to establish the foundation for certifying the capability of responders to achieve the National Unified Goal (NUG) for Traffic Incident Management: responder safet; safe, quick clearance; and prompt, reliable, interoperable communications. Kevin McGinnis is participating as subject matter expert. The National Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Coalition is the source for EMS stakeholders.
  • Traffic Incident Management Program for Worker Safety - 2008 to 2010. This project will summarize existing research findings and approaches related to traffic incident management (TIM) safety and establish a set of recommendations for national action to enhance the safety of TIM workers — in essence, providing the foundation for a national TIM Program. Based on findings from the European scan and resources from the National Traffic Incident Management Coalition (NTIMC) and affiliated organizations, the resulting product will serve as a basis for national action as well as a tool for establishing coordinated TIM programs on local, state, and regional bases. A workshop was held in May 2009 to review draft material. Kevin McGinnis is the Principal Investigator, and the report will be published in March 2010.

Partners

NTIMC or TIM Coalition: National Traffic Incident Management Coalition

  • Parent Organization: American Association of Highway & Transportation Officials (AAHTSO)
  • Mission: Achieve the National Uniform Goal (NUG) for traffic incident management (TIM),
    consisting of enhanced responder safety; safe, quick traffic incident clearance; and prompt, reliable, interoperable communications.
  • Stakeholders: EMS, Fire, Law Enforcement, Public Safety Communications, Towing &
    Recovery, Transportation Communities
  • NASEMSO Rep: Scott Winston
  • Meetings: Quarterly in Washington, DC.
  • Contacts: John Corbin, Chair, 608-266-0459, WI DOT, john.corbin@dot.state.wi.us
  • Budget: Coalition funds airfare, lodging, per diem, airport parking 4 X year
  • Website: http://timcoalition.org/?siteid=41&pageid=1973

SCOHTS: Standing Committee on Highway Traffic Safety

  • Parent Organization: American Association of Highway & Transportation Officials (AAHTSO)
  • Mission: To evaluate highway safety needs encompassing the four E’s - Engineering, Enforcement, Education and Emergency medical services. Responsible for development
    and continued updating of AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan.
  • Stakeholders: National organizations, both public and private, involved in highway safety
  • NASEMSO Rep: John Bixler, Dia Gainor
  • Meetings: Annually, Spring
  • Contacts: Tony Kane, akane@aashto.org, Joel McCarroll, jmccarroll@aashto.org,
    Rosemary TenEyck, rteneyck@aashto.org
  • Budget: AASHTO pays travel expenses to meetings
  • Website: http://www.transportation.org/?siteid=35&pageid=2331

SCOHTS – SM: Standing Committee on Highway Traffic Safety, Subcommittee on Highway Safety Management

  • Parent Organization: American Association of Highway & Transportation Officials (AAHTSO)
  • Mission: To promote AASHTO’s safety goal of reducing highway fatalities by half in the next
    two decades. Works on technical issues such as developing, updating or commenting on
    various highway manuals, plans, and programs to improve safety
  • Stakeholders: Member departments appoint up to 3 members from every state
  • NASEMSO Involvement: One of the 3 members could be from state EMS office
  • Meetings: Annually, Fall
  • Contacts: Kelly Hardy - khardy@aashto.org, AASHTO Staff Liaison
  • Budget: AASHTO pays travel expenses to meetings
  • Website: http://www.transportation.org/?siteid=81

TSAG: Transportation Safety Advancement Group

  • Parent Organization: Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITSA) and US DOT’s
    Research & Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)
  • Mission: “Promoting Technology for Public Safety.” Advance unified and strengthened public safety programs across intelligent transportation systems technologies
  • Stakeholders: EMS, Fire & Rescue, Emergency Communications, Law Enforcement,
    Transportation Operations, Emergency Management, Technology & Telematics, Academic
    & Research
  • NASEMSO Rep: Dia Gainor, Chair of TSAG
  • Meetings: Quarterly
  • Contact: Manny Puentes, mpuentes@itsa.org
  • Budget: Travel and per diem paid by USDOT/RITA via contract with ITSA
  • Website: http://www.tsag-its.org/whatistsag.php

NCHRP: National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  • Parent Organization: Transportation Research Board (One of six major divisions of the
    National Research Council)
  • Mission: To conduct research in problem areas that affect highway planning, design,
    construction, operation, and maintenance nationwide. Each year in early July, the AASHTO Standing Committee on Research (SCOR) solicits problems from three authorized sources: (1) AASHTO member transportation departments, (2) the chairs of AASHTO's committees and subcommittees, and (3) the Federal Highway Administrator. Problem statements are due by September 15.
  • Stakeholders: State departments of transportation are the sole sponsors of the NCHRP.
    NASEMSO Involvement: Kevin McGinnis was PI for ASMII on a 2008- 2010 project, Traffic
    Incident Management Program for Worker Safety. Report to be published March 2010.
  • Contact: Crawford Jencks, Manager, 202-334-2379, cjencks@nas.edu
  • Budget: Varies by project
  • Website: http://www.trb.org/NCHRP/Public/NCHRP.aspx

SHRP 2: Strategic Highway Research Program

  • Parent Organization: Transportation Research Board
  • Mission: To investigate the underlying causes of highway crashes and congestion in a short- term program of focused research
  • Stakeholders: transportation-related, uses subject matter experts related to research project
  • NASEMSO Involvement: No participation other than occasional grant review boards
  • Meetings: Annual meeting for TRB in January
  • Contact: Director Neil Hawks, nhawks@nas.edu
  • Budget: Review board travel expenses
  • Timeline: Multiyear program (4 year funding, 7 years to complete) began work in March 2006
  • Website: http://www.trb.org/AboutTRB/SHRP2.aspx

TRB EMS Transport Safety Subcommittee

  • Parent Organization: Transportation Research Board
  • Mission: To advance EMS and medical transportation safety research (est. January 2008)
  • Stakeholders: EMS agencies, technical experts, federal and state EMS & transportation
    agencies, industry partners, academics
  • NASEMSO Rep: Need to identify
  • Meetings: January and November, Washington, DC
  • Contact: Nadine Levick, nlevick@attglobal.net, Eileen Frazer, efrazer@camts.org
  • Budget: TRB does not fund travel costs but provides meeting space and support.
  • Website: http://objectivesafety.net/TRBSubcommittee.htm

I-95 Corridor Coalition

  • Parent Organization: None, an alliance of partners
  • Mission: To provide a forum for key decision and policy makers to address transportation
    management and operations issues.
  • Stakeholders: Transportation agencies, toll authorities, and related organizations,
    including public safety, from Maine to Florida, with affiliate members in Canada
  • NASEMSO Rep: Beth Armstrong, Gary Brown
  • Meetings: Committees have various meeting times & locations
  • Contact: Ex. Dir. George Schoener, (703) 389-9281, geschoener@comcast.net
  • Budget: Member funding is from his/her own organization
  • Website: http://www.i95coalition.org/i95/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx

HSPV: Highway Safety Partners Venture

  • Parent Organization: None
  • Mission: To assist in identifying appropriate solutions and implementing systemic low cost
    improvements across the four Es of Engineering, EMS, Enforcement and Education
  • Stakeholders: Private and public organizations interested in highway safety
  • NASEMSO Rep: Beth Armstrong
  • Meetings: 6 X year in DC area
  • Contact: Kathy Kraus, Kathy.Krause@dot.gov
  • Budget: Members cover own expenses
  • Website: None

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