Board of Supervisors - Mount Vernon District Alert:
To kick off Federal Highway Administration’s National Traffic Incident Response Awareness Week, VDOT’s Northern Virginia District is hosting an Incident Management Open House.
An outdoor touch-a-truck exhibit (with a simulated crash scene) will allow the public to see an incident scene from the perspective of responders who them. Live outdoor demos will include K-9 skills, patient extrication, towing recovery, drone operations, and tree removal. An indoor expo will showcase the technology and systems used in traffic incident management.
Participating agencies include VDOT, Arlington Fire-Rescue, Arlington Police, District Department of Transportation (DDOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Fairfax County Fire-Rescue, Fairfax County Police, Falls Church Police, Loudoun Fire-Rescue, Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Coordination (MATOC), Maryland State Highway Administration, Maryland Transportation Authority Police, NOVEC, Prince William Fire-Rescue, Prince William Police, Redman Fleet Services, Stafford County Sheriff, Transurban, Virginia Department of Emergency Management, Virginia State Police, and WTOP Traffic Center.
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