FY22 Flex EMS Supplement Small Group Meeting

The purpose of this event was to share content about the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Roadway Safety Strategy, resources, and initiatives related to it, and to facilitate peer-to-peer sharing about the Flex EMS supplement projects. 

Date: Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Duration: 4 hours

Speakers:

• Rosemarie Anderson, Federal Highway Administration, DOT,
• Eric Chaney, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
• N. Clay Mann, NEMSIS

Upon participating in this event, participants were able to:

• Recognize the DOT’s Roadway Safety Strategy and how rural fits into it
• List current or potential federal funding sources to fund related initiatives
• Recall examples of rural initiatives
• Explain the role of NEMSIS data in analyzing rural roadway safety
• Examine the potential roles and partnerships for Flex Programs and SORHs to identify and implement initiatives

EMS Small Group State Presentations Slide Deck (827.27 KB)

National Rural Health Resource Center

U.S. DOT National Roadway Safety Strategy Slide Deck (4.61 MB)

The Foundation at U.S. DOT: Safety

Post Crash Care: The EMS Response to Traffic Related Event Slide Deck (9.51 MB)

NEMSIS

For more information, please reach out to Nicole Clement at nclement@ruralcenter.org