Omaha – Council Bluffs

2010 Traffic Forum

What is Traffic Incident Management?

• Traffic Incident Management

Refers to the coordinated, preplanned, procedures utilized by agencies charged with responding to traffic incidents, to rapidly and efficiently detect, respond to, and clear an incident.

• Incident Response Procedures– Planned Incidents– Partially Planned Incidents– Unplanned Incidents

It’s just having a plan

Emergency Responders

• Law Enforcement

• Fire and Rescue

• Emergency Communications

Centers

• Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

• MoDOT and KDOT

• Public Works Departments

• Towing and Recovery

• Media

• Information Service Providers

• Coroners and Medical Examiners

• Hazardous Material Specialists

Emergency Responders

• Law Enforcement

• Fire and Rescue

• Emergency Communications

Centers

• Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

• MoDOT and KDOT

• Public Works Departments

• Towing and Recovery

• Media

• Information Service Providers

• Coroners and Medical Examiners

• Hazardous Material Specialists

Traffic Incident Management Program Elements

Strategic Program Plans

ETO/TIM Operations & Response Plans

Partnership Agreements\Guidelines & Laws

Scene Management Guidelines,

Move Over, Steer It/Clear It, etc.

Services, Tools, & Systems

Patrols, Crash Reconstruction,

Traffic Management Teams

Why Do We Need Traffic Incident Management?

• Reduce Line of Duty Deaths and Injuries for Police, Fire, EMS, Transportation and Towing Personnel

• Secondary Crashes Kill or Injure Hundreds

• Highway Closure Creates “Community”

• Congestion From Incidents Has Significant Economic and Liability Costs, and It Decreases Regional Air Quality

Traffic Incident Management

National Traffic Incident Management

Coalition (NTIMC)

• National Unified Goal (NUG)– Responder Safety – Safe, Quick Clearance – Prompt, Reliable, Interoperable

Communications

18 Specific Strategies to Achieve These Goals

Traffic Incident Management

National Traffic Incident Management

Coalition (NTIMC)

• National Unified Goal (NUG)– Responder Safety – Safe, Quick Clearance – Prompt, Reliable, Interoperable

Communications

18 Specific Strategies to Achieve These Goals

Ratified in 2007

http://timcoalition.org

TIM Network

• Engage State, regional, local participants• Resource to implement NUG• Share best practices• Insight into potential policy development• Ongoing research projects• Review and Comment • Regular information provided to members• NTIMC activities and decisions• Early access to Coalition products and

resources• Networking capabilities

http://sites.google.com/site/timnetworksite/

TIM Network

Three Working Groups

Practices and Procedures-

Multidisciplinary TIM practices and procedures

Communications and Training-

Identify, develop, and distribute coalition information to TIM practitioners

Research-

Review, identify, develop research problem statements, programs, and opportunities

http://sites.google.com/site/timnetworksite/

MUTCD AND WORKER VISIBILITY

Best thing that we can do for our personnel

Changes to MUTCD

Worker Visibility Requirements

Everyone must participate in ICS

MUTCD AND WORKER VISIBILITY

Best thing that we can do for our personnel

Changes to MUTCD

Worker Visibility Requirements

Everyone must participate in ICS

What’s Next?

• Continue to develop TIM Programs

• Recruit partners

• Challenge

william.james@modot.mo.gov

Questions?

Rusty James, Incident Management Coordinator

600 NE Colbern Road

Lee’s Summit, Missouri 64086

Phone: 816-347-2205

E-mail: william.james@modot.mo.gov