Utah Crash Responder Safety Week November 13-17, 2023

Crash responder Safety Week sponsored by the FHWA had daily themes that we in Utah took to heart; The First responder community came together to hold a live demo of Protect Those Who Protect You by slowing down an moving over.

Monday Nov 13: Protect Those Who Protect You (The week started with press event in front of staged crash scene.)

Tuesday Nov 14: Driver Education

Wednesday Nov 15: Responder Training (Utah TIM coalition sponsored and held a TIM Train the Trainer Course in Hurricane, Utah and an AM and PM 4 hour class of the SHrP 2 TIM course in Murray, Utah. Both had great response of a variety of disciplines taking this important life saving training.)

Thursday Nov 16: More than a Crash

Friday Nov 17: Slow Down, Move Over (UHP and other agencies worked hard to remind drivers of the importance of the slow down move over law)

Kicking off the week was a Proclamation issued by Utah Governor Spencer Cox that reminds the people of Utah the importance of protecting our first responders and of responders being Traffic Incident Management trained.