Mahwah, NJ - March 8, 2017 - Nick's Towing Service, Inc. was a major participant in a joint Traffic Incident Management (TIM) safety training program at the Bergen County Public Safety Operations Center. The New Jersey State Police, New York State Police, New Jersey and New York Departments of Transportation as well as various other fire and law enforcement agencies took part in a nationally compliant responder training program. There was classroom training as well as live action outdoor exercises. The goal was to learn to work together to achieve safe and quick clearances of casualties in the roadway, while maintaining responder safety.

Nick Testa, President of Nick's Towing Service states "It was an honor to provide the disabled truck, tow trucks, manpower and knowledge to set up a single lane recovery for this live training event. Any and every action that can be taken to keep emergency responders, including our own operators, safe is of the utmost importance and I would go to any lengths to do so."

Traffic Incident Management Safety Video

Nick's Towing Service, established in 1972, is one of the largest and most respected towing companies in NJ with 38 employees and 39 pieces of equipment. Nicholas F. Testa, President, has been very active in the towing community and was named the Garden State Towman Association's Towman of the Year in 2014 and inducted into the International Towing & Recovery Hall of Fame in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 2016. The company has achieved numerous awards including a five star rating from the American Towman Standards Authority in 2012. Nick's Towing Service has facilities in Rutherford, Wallington and Wood-Ridge, NJ.