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Crash Responder Safety Week (CRSW) is an opportunity to make a difference individually and jointly for roadway safety during traffic incidents by teaching each other and the motoring public about our common goal and responsibility for safe, quick clearance.

More details are available from the National Operations Center of Excellence. Use the hashtag #CRSW when posting on social media about your responder safety and TIM activities.

Emergency medical services (EMS) is often placed under the broad umbrella of public safety. Operationally, that may make sense. Psychologically, it is incomplete. EMS clinicians work at the intersection of public safety, medicine, social crisis, and human vulnerability. The profession needs an honest assessment of what the job does to clinicians, how culture transmits those effects, and what leaders can do to prevent experience from hardening into contempt.

Children of law enforcement officers often face unique challenges when it comes to understanding their parent's job. This resource contains some suggestions to help navigate potentially tough conversations you may have with your child about what you do for a living.  Be sure to tailor your conversation to your child's developmental understanding.