Governor Stein Proclaims Crash Responders Safety Week

Crash Responder Safety Week

2025

By The Governor Of The State Of North Carolina

A Proclamation

Whereas, highway crashes and incidents in North Carolina cause major congestion, generate 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 (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 46,166 TIM responders as of August 15, 2025; 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 all, including the traveling public and response personnel, at incident scenes is of paramount concern;

Now, Therefore, I, Josh Stein, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim November 17 – 21, 2025, as “Crash Responder Safety Week” in North Carolina and commend its observance to all citizens.

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 twenty-first day of October in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-fifth and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.