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HITS Resources
- HITS Committee Projects and Partners (November 2011)
- EMS White Paper, created by NASEMSO for Toward Zero Deaths: A National Strategy on Highway Safety (posted 11/21/11)
- Final Report from the 2011 SHSP Peer Exchange (June 14-15, 2011)
- The Transportation Safety Advancement Group, of Which NASEMSO Is a Member, Provides Comments to the FCC on Framework for Next Generation 911 Deployment (02/28/11) The Transportation Safety Advancement Group (TSAG) has provided comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Framework for Next Generation 911 Deployment, NOI (PS Docket No. 10-255). TSAG's comments were offered in the spirit of advancing the important work of the FCC and of the U.S. Department of Transportation and its modal agencies associated with this critical area of emergency communications. TSAG commends the FCC for its foresight and effort dedicated to this matter. TSAG supports an early and orderly transition of our nation’s legacy 911 systems to a Next Generation program that accommodates advances in communications technologies currently in broad use in our nation. Download letter here.
- Preparedness and Response to a Rural Mass
Casualty Incident: Workshop Summary,
Kristin Viswanathan, Theresa Wizemann, and Bruce M.
Altevogt, Rapporteurs; Forum on Medical and Public
Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events; Institute
of Medicine.
- RITA Dynamic Mobility Applications Program - The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has released this announcement of the high-priority applications selected by the Research & Innovative Technology Administration ( a sister administration to NHTSA) Intelligent Transportation Systems Mobility Program for initial development in 2011. EMS system stakeholders and state EMS officials should take note of the prominent inclusion of applications specific to EMS and emergency response. Four project concept areas related to incident response, emergency staging and communications, uniform management, and evacuation (“R.E.S.C.U.M.E”) were selected from among 93 ideas solicited in 2010. This elevation of EMS and emergency response priorities to a level of parity with other transportation system project ideas was the result of multidisciplinary input through the Transportation Safety Advancement Group, which is chaired by NASEMSO member Dia Gainor. Specific open source project concepts include telematics data transmission standards, incident scene vehicle staging guidelines, and development of systems that would automatically alert drivers to emergency incident scenes ahead on their route. (posted 02/11/11)
- The Hidden Health Costs of Transportation, American Public Health Association (Feb. 2010)
- Strategic Highway Safety Plans by State, FY 2006 - FY 2010
- NASEMSO Input to NHTSA Strategic Plan, Docket No. NHTSA-2009-0171 (01/04/10)
- Are We There Yet? (01/04/10) AASHTO's Web page on their goal to cut traffic fatalities in half included solutions and other reports.
- ITS Stimulus Ideas
- ITS Stimulus Summary: "Investment Opportunities for Managing Transportation Performance through Technology," U.S. Department of Transportation, Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (01/16/09)
- Fact Sheets on ITS Categories: "Investment Opportunities for Managing Transportation Performance:
Candidate ITS Technology Appendices" (01/16/09)
- ITS Stimulus Candidate Technology Background: "Investment Opportunities for Managing Transportation Performance:
Background Information on Candidate ITS Technologies (01/16/09)
- Poster Presentations by Nadine Levick, MD,MPH, EMS Safety Foundation, New York
- 21st Century Operations Using 21st Century Technologies: Best Practices in Traffic Incident Management, January 2009
- TRB EMS Transportation Safety Subcommittee
- Agenda: EMS Transport Safety Subcommittee of the Transportation Research Board, Ambulance Transport Safety Summit,
Nov. 7, 2008, Washington DC
- Best Practices in Emergency Services, November 2008 issue
- Ambulance Transport Safety Summit RSVP
- EMS Transportation Safety Subcommittee TRB Meeting Summary
- Rig Safety 9-1-1: What You Need to Know About Ambulance Safety & Standards, by Nadine Levick, MD, MPH, (JEMS, October 2008)
- Emergency Medical Services: Unique Transportation Safety Challenge, Nadine Levick, MD, MPH (Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2008 Paper #08-3010)
