Industry News

The Statewide Towing Association of Massachusetts has received notice that tow operators have been given permission to receive the free COVID-19 testing at sites for first responders. Statewide Towing Association President Bill Johnson was notified on Monday, April 13, by the Office of Public Safety that tow operators with a Department of Public Utilities certificate…

Suppliers to the towing industry understand the struggles most companies currently face and want to help. The companies represented in the link here are reaching out to share their concerns and special offers they currently have in place. Please review the pamphlet and contact these vendors.    

TowTrax founder Dan Messina has announced the addition of Staley Cash as CEO of the TowTrax team. “Staley brings a wealth of roadside assistance industry knowledge to our team,” Messina says. “We are very fortunate to have someone of his stature and experience as our CEO.” Cash recently served as president of Driven Solutions, Inc.…

sureEcosystem has announced a partnership agreement with HAAS Alert, a collision prevention service that delivers real-time digital alerts to motorists. HAAS Alert’s mission is to prevent first responder collisions and struck-by incidents by delivering real-time safety alerts and messages to connected cars and drivers as they approach or encounter incidents. “Distracted driving continues to be…

Tow Times has launched a collective resource page with federal, state and webinar links to help in this difficult time. Click the “COVID-19” tab in the navigation or click here to access the page. If you are a representative of your state association and you have posted some state specific resources please reach out to…

Tow Times is reaching out to gauge the current pandemic’s impact on the towing industry. Please take a few minutes to complete the attached survey. All information remains anonymous. Survey results will be shared with the industry. We greatly appreciation you sharing this information, and hope your family, and your towing family, are safe and healthy.…

The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy is offering “Covid-19 Resources for Small Business” with resources and information related to the coronavirus pandemic. The Office of Advocacy will post more information will be posted as it becomes available The Covid-19 Resources for Small Business can be found here.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released the fact sheet “What Employers Can Do to Protect Workers from Pandemic Influenza.” The sheet lists the ‘hierarchy of controls” that may be used to protect yourself, your workers and your customers. The fact can be found here:  employers-protect-workers-flu-factsheet    

On March 19, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a memorandum on identification of essential critical infrastructure workers during Covid-19 response. The memorandum was intended to identify those workers critical to public safety and health who would be exempt from mandatory business closures or work shutdowns. In the “Guidance on the Essential Critical…