Crash Responder Safety Week
Nearly every week, a first responder is killed while helping clear a roadway crash. Many more sustain life-altering injuries. Our members work tirelessly to save lives at traffic incident scenes as safely and quickly as possible. But we need motorists to do their part to protect responders by slowing down, moving over, and staying alert when approaching traffic incidents.
Crash Responder Safety Week (CRSW) takes place every November. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration, this initiative is designed to raise public awareness and help keep roadway responders and the public safe around traffic incidents.
We encourage you to use Crash Responder Safety Week as an opportunity to promote the simple steps that everyone can take to keep first responders and the public safe around traffic incidents.
Instagram and Facebook Graphics
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Video PSA
Messaging
It’s Crash Responder Safety Week (CRSW). Nearly every week, a first responder is killed while helping clear a roadway crash. Many more sustain life-altering injuries. Our members work tirelessly to save lives at traffic incident scenes as safely and quickly as possible. But we need motorists to do their part to protect responders by slowing down, moving over, and staying alert when approaching traffic incidents. #CRSW #IAFF
Parents – make sure you are teaching by example when driving near a traffic incident. Stay alert (off the phone), reduce speed, and – if possible – change lanes to keep drivers, passengers, and incident responders safe. #CrashResponderSafetyWeek #CRSW #SlowDownMoveOver
Stay alert, slow down, and move over when passing the scene of a traffic incident. #CRSW #IAFF
During Crash Responder Safety Week — and every week — stay alert, slow down, and move over for traffic incidents to keep professionals working to clear roadway incidents safe. These responders also have families waiting for them. #SlowDownMoveOver #CRSW #IAFF
Resources
- Sample Press Release
- Move Over Campaign Materials (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration): The Traffic Safety Marketing USDOT site includes sample logos, infographics, banner ads, media advisory, news release, calls to action and a Q&A on the Move Over laws.
- National TIM Responder Training (Federal Highway Administration): This three-minute YouTube video summarizes the origins and importance of the FHWA National TIM Responder Training.
- Faces of the Fallen Memorial Video (Emergency Responder Safety Institute): This website includes memorial videos for years 2021, 2020 and 2019 of responders killed in struck-by incidents.
- Next Generation TIM Fact Sheet (FHWA) (PDF)
- Slow Down Move Over (respondersafety.com): This 30-second downloadable video features EMS, fire, law enforcement, transportation and towing responders asking motorists to slow down and move over with the message “we’ve got your back, do you have ours?”
- It’s No Picnic Out Here (respondersafety.com): This 30-second downloadable video asks motorists to slow down, featuring EMS, fire and rescue, and police personnel.