Highway Scene Safety
Here is an interesting article about a deputy fire chief and a state trooper disagreeing about scene safety on a highway (from dailyrecord.com via FireFighterCloseCalls.com).
ROCKAWAY TWP. -- A deputy fire chief was arrested and held in handcuffs for two hours Sunday night following an argument with a New Jersey State Police trooper after the firefighter refused to move a fire truck that was blocking the right lane of Route 80.
Read the whole article. It isn't too long and has a lot of interesting details about what happened.
The most important point that I took from this incident is that a good relationship with law enforcement is critical to scene safety. Something that I'm going to look into in my jurisdiction is who has the authority to close traffic lanes at an MVC. A little preplanning could save a lot of heartache.
