Jun 1, 2020 | Road Safety, Safety Shorts
By Tim Baxter, Road Safety and Loss Prevention Specialist Dead end roads mean just that! The road ends with no outlet. Unfortunately, many counties do not have their dead-end roads properly signed or barricaded. NIRMA has paid numerous claims over the years due to the...
May 1, 2020 | Road Safety, Safety Shorts
By Tim Baxter, Road Safety and Loss Prevention Specialist Fences are important to let cattle graze safely. But it is a problem for counties when fences are placed next to county roads on the county’s right-of-way, or worse yet, across a county road. Nebraska...
Mar 1, 2020 | Road Safety, Safety Shorts
By Tim Baxter, Road Safety and Loss Prevention Specialist NIRMA continues to receive tens of thousands of dollars of claims from utility companies involving county maintenance and construction damage to underground utilities in county right-of-way. The recent NIRMA...
Feb 1, 2020 | Road Safety, Safety Shorts
By Tim Baxter, Road Safety and Loss Prevention Specialist State wide Internal Road Department Assessments were conducted in all 82-member county road departments during the years of 2017 and 2018. This was done to determine where assistance was needed to improve road...
Jan 1, 2020 | Road Safety, Safety Shorts
Tree and Brush Liability By Tim Baxter, Road Safety and Loss Prevention Specialist Trees and brush growing on county rights-of-way and private property adjacent to county roads continue to cause significant liability risks to NIRMA member counties. The prospect of...
Dec 1, 2019 | Road Safety, Safety Shorts
Regional Sign Training and Flood Damage Discussion By Tim Baxter, Road Safety and Loss Prevention Specialist We are entering the best time of year for road department employee training. Hopefully most of you have completed or are nearing completion of the massive...
