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I CAN BARELY SEE YOU!

I CAN BARELY SEE YOU!. New DOT Requirements for Highway Operations Complying with 23 CFR Part 634-Highway Worker Visibility Rules. Highway Worker Fatalities. Highway Worker Deaths Exceeds 100 per year Congressional Action Taken Through the Federal Highway Bill.

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I CAN BARELY SEE YOU!

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  1. I CAN BARELY SEE YOU! • New DOT Requirements for Highway Operations • Complying with 23 CFR Part 634-Highway Worker Visibility Rules Respondersafety.com On the Highway We’ve Got Your Back

  2. Highway Worker Fatalities • Highway Worker Deaths Exceeds 100 per year • Congressional Action Taken Through the Federal Highway Bill Respondersafety.com On the Highway We’ve Got Your Back

  3. Congress Directs DOT to Reduce Highway Worker Fatalities • Section 1402 of Act (law) required the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations within one year to reduce highway worker death and injury by the use of highly reflective garments • Signed by President Bush August 2005 Respondersafety.com On the Highway We’ve Got Your Back

  4. Proposed Rule • April 2006 Federal Highway Administration proposes new regulations concerning use of reflective garments on highways funded with Federal Dollars Respondersafety.com On the Highway We’ve Got Your Back

  5. Final Rule • November 24, 2006 FHWA issues final rule in Federal Register • Effective date November 24, 2008 Respondersafety.com On the Highway We’ve Got Your Back

  6. Applicability All inclusive to include: • Highway workers • Tow Truck Operators • Fire / Rescue / EMS/ Law Enforcement Respondersafety.com On the Highway We’ve Got Your Back

  7. AcceptableGarment • Anyone working on a Federally Funded Highway must wear appropriate high visibility apparel • Vest or other type of garment • Rule now mandates Garment must meet ANSI 107-2004 Class 2 or 3 Respondersafety.com On the Highway We’ve Got Your Back

  8. AcceptableGarments Since publishing the rule International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) issued in late 2006 ANSI 207 Public Safety Vest Standard Federal Highway Administration is considering inclusion of PS Vests prior to the effective date of 11/24/2008 Respondersafety.com On the Highway We’ve Got Your Back

  9. Manufactures tag certifying compliance to the current ANSI standard DeterminingAcceptability Never purchase without Checking label first Respondersafety.com On the Highway We’ve Got Your Back

  10. Funding Available? • Maybe: Potential funding for new vests and other garments through Federal Highway 402 Grants. See your State DOT • Eligible expenditure under Assistance to Fire Department Grant Program Respondersafety.com On the Highway We’ve Got Your Back

  11. SUMMARY • On the roadway wear high “VIS” clothing • Garments must be: ANSI 204 Class 2 ANSI 204 Class 3 ANSI 207 Public Safety • Limited Exceptions for Law Enforcement Respondersafety.com On the Highway We’ve Got Your Back

  12. Final Thoughts • Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association Emergency Responder Safety Institute • National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Changing our culture so that Everyone Goes Home Respondersafety.com On the Highway We’ve Got Your Back

  13. Special Thanks to the Author Gary P. McGinnis – Sykesville-Freedom District Fire Department MD Advocate Everyone Goes Home National Fallen Firefighter Foundation Member Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association Respondersafety.com On the Highway We’ve Got Your Back

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