Connie Morella said "by matching the funding for Operation Respond to last year's levels, we can help this very important program achieve a realistic goal of expanding installations to an estimated 2,000 Emergency Respond dispatch centers across the country. Mr. Chairman, emergency responders, fire, police and medical personnel, need help as never before in gauging the correct response to transportation incidents. As we know too well from the recent tragic incident in the Capitol, it is really those very first few critical minutes that the first responders must take actions to accurately assess the situation, safeguard lives and property and prepare the scene for arriving fire and medical responders. Operation Respond is a program that works, Mr. Chairman." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 29, 1998

by matching the funding for Operation Respond to last year's levels, we can help this very important program achieve a realistic goal of expanding installations to an estimated 2,000 Emergency Respond dispatch centers across the country. Mr. Chairman, emergency responders, fire, police and medical personnel, need help as never before in gauging the correct response to transportation incidents. As we know too well from the recent tragic incident in the Capitol, it is really those very first few critical minutes that the first responders must take actions to accurately assess the situation, safeguard lives and property and prepare the scene for arriving fire and medical responders. Operation Respond is a program that works, Mr. Chairman.

Said by

Connie Morella

Maryland

Source

govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of funding for Operation Respond and its impact on emergency response capabilities.

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