FY15 Countermeasures to Reduce Suicides on Railroad Rights of Way

The objectives of this grant activities include: (a) synthesis of the international efforts pertaining to the mitigation of suicide and trespasser incidents on the railroad rights-of-way and associated evaluation activities across GRASP meeting attendees (what activities are currently being conducted, the scope of evaluation associated with these activities, what has been learned, and what needs to be explored in the future); (b) assessment of potential collaboration of research and evaluation projects across GRASP members; (c) synthesis of GRASP’s review of an implementation guide developed to serve as a resource for carrier critical incident stress plans to help mitigate traumatic exposure on railroad employees due to exposure to grade crossing and trespasser incidents, especially suicides; and (d) GRASP collaboration and feedback on one or more pilot evaluation projects that examine effectiveness and impact of selected railway suicide countermeasures, such as signage, media reporting, fencing, railroad employee training and education, or suicide incident data collection accuracy (e.g. Ovenstone Criteria).

Source: Grants.gov - July 3, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Science and Technology and other Research and Development Source Type: funding