Highway Watch Creates New Alliance Program

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merican Trucking Associations’ Highway Watch program said last week it has set up a new strategic alliance between two groups that will begin sending reports to 22,000 first responders.

The groups are the Highway Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Highway ISAC) and the Emergency Management and Response Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC).

The new alliance will enhance the ability of the Highway ISAC to share information with the first-responder community by allowing the members of the EMR-ISAC to receive information gathered from Highway Watch reports directly from the Highway ISAC.

Prior to this alliance, the EMR-ISAC received information from Highway Watch reports through the Department of Homeland Security and other sources.

The EMR-ISAC community is made up of 22,000 first responders across the country including fire departments, law enforcement personnel, Emergency Medical Technicians, state emergency management personnel and others.

The Highway Watch program was set up to prepare hundreds of thousands of transportation professionals including truckers to respond in the event they or their cargo are the target of a terrorist attack and to share valuable intelligence with DHS if they witness any potential threats.