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TRAA Represents Industry at Electric Vehicle Incident Management Symposium

Traffic incident management (TIM) stakeholders from across the east coast convened in College Park, MD for the Electric Vehicle (EV) Incident Management Symposium hosted by Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Coordination (MATOC) and the Eastern Transportation Coalition on Monday, June 3rd.

 

Moderated by Joseph Tebo from the Federal Highway Administration's Office of Operations, the conference brought together over 150 professionals from all responder disciplines. Representation for the towing and recovery industry included James Jennings, TRAA's 2nd Vice President, as well as representatives from the Towing and Recovery Professionals of Maryland (TRPM), Sunshine State Towing Association (SSTA), Guardian Fleet Services, Redman's Fleet Services, and Tim's Towing of Maryland.

 

The keynote speaker was Robert Swain, owner of How it Broke, Inc. and a 27-year veteran of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Mr. Swain is now a respected expert in electric and hybrid safety. Case study presentations given by Chief Browning of Montgomery County Fire Rescue on EV accidents, Sean Loscalzo of Guardian Fleet on flooded and damaged EV and hybrid vehicles and impacts to EV vehicles during Hurricane Irma, and from Rahmane Camara from the Connecticut DOT on electric bus thermal runway events. Jacob's Engineering also gave a Virtual Reality TIM Training Software demonstration and there were panel discussions by industry leaders on the dangers of EV's and legislation needed for additional training, support, equipment, technology, and infrastructure to help deal with the coming increase with the EV automobile and heavy trucks on our nation's highways.

 

It's great to know that there are qualified professionals out there focusing on EV safety for the benefit of all the responder disciplines and the motoring public. Thank you to all the towing and recovery representatives who attended the EV Conference, our participation in these influential events furthers both the industry's professionalism and the perception of other industry stakeholders.

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TRAA is the national association representing the U.S. towing and recovery industry. We act as the "voice of America's towing industry" by offering representation, education, and leadership at the federal level. Much of our focus is on representing the interests of the towing and recovery industry on Capitol Hill including promoting positive legislation and opposing potentially negative legislation. TRAA is the industry's watchdog on Capitol Hill!