CRASH RESPONDER SAFETY WEEK
2024
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, highway crashes and incidents in North Carolina cause major congestion, secondary crashes, and impact commuter and business traffic; and
WHEREAS, these incidents and additional challenges on roadways necessitate a coordinated, multi-agency response, referred to in the public safety and transportation professions as Traffic Incident Management, or TIM; and
WHEREAS, TIM stakeholders include law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services, transportation agencies, towing and recovery, emergency management, hazardous materials responders, medical examiners, traffic media, freight haulers, and the traveling public; and
WHEREAS, North Carolina responders have trained 41,105 TIM responders as of March 25, 2024; and
WHEREAS, TIM efforts clear incidents more quickly, thus improving safety for all while also keeping goods, services, and the traveling public moving throughout the state; and
WHEREAS, the safety of everyone, including the traveling public and response personnel at incidents, is of paramount concern;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROY COOPER, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim November 18 – 22, 2024, as “CRASH RESPONDER SAFETY WEEK” in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.
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Roy Cooper
Governor
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this thirteenth day of November in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-four and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-ninth.