Lehigh Carbon Community College Transit First Responder Training Facility

This project enables Lehigh Carbon Community College, in Eastern Pennsylvania, to develop a comprehensive Regional Public Safety Training Center (RSTC). It will include development of a curriculum and delivery of an integrated training program for fire and police department personnel, as well as for first responders, emergency services, and health professionals in the region. This project may have statewide and national applicability. The project will identify multiple ways to disseminate the training by utilizing a mix of available communication technologies while building on existing technology infrastructures employed by the end users of the training programs.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $74400.00
• Contract Numbers:

  PA-26-7015.01

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Chambers, Irving

• Performing Organizations:

  Lehigh Carbon Community College

  Transit First Responder Training Facility
  4525 Education Park Drive
  Schnecksville, PA  United States  18078
• Principal Investigators:

  Laubach, Jason

• Start Date: 20050900
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20061100
• Source Data: RiP Project 11900

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Emergency response time; Emergency training; Emergency vehicles; Fire departments; Health care services; Infrastructure; Personnel development; Police departments; Research projects; Transit safety
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Education and Training; Public Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01458435
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Transit Administration
• Contract Numbers: PA-26-7015.01
• Files: RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 12:42PM