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Incident Management

NFPA 1091: Standard for Traffic Control Incident Management Professional Qualifications (Publication)

Resource Type: Specifications & Special Provisions
Roadway-related incidents constitute some of the greatest health and safety concerns for first responders. While police, fire, and other emergency personnel put their lives on the line during response…More

Implementing Safe Work Zone Operations Strategies Training Course (Training)

This free one day course will provide personnel responsible for planning the operations of their workers in flagged, mobile, short duration, short term and incident response operations, tools and stra… More

U.S. Transportation Secretary Peters Announces New Strategy to Improve Safety on Rural Roads (Publication)

Resource Type: Other News Releases
Transportation secretary Mary E. Peters announced a new national strategy that will bring new focus, including resources and new technology, to reducing deaths on the nation’s rural roads. The depar…More

D.C. Department of Public Works:Incident management techniques on major construction projects (Practice)

If an incident occurs at a major construction site, the Safety Officer for the D.C. Department of Public Works responds and also notifies all personnel required to resolve the problem. More

Online Learning Management System (LMS) Developed by ARTBA Work Zone Safety Consortium (Training)

The ARTBA Work Zone Safety Consortium Online Learning System was created to provide free training and education to the transportation construction community. The consortium, funded by an FHWA gran… More

Colorado Work Zone Best Practices Safety guide (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
This guide provides contractors with the information and tools they need to enhance compliance with industry best practices, while also helping them perform their work on or near the Colorado public r…More

Safety Institute Addresses Ways to Keep Emergency Responders Safe (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
One emergency responder was killed and nine others injured by a tractor-trailer crashing into the accident scene when they were responding to a minor car accident at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Downingt…More

2007 National Traffic Management & Work Zone Safety Conference

The National Traffic Management & Work Zone Safety Conference – the premier event for traffic management and roadway safety professionals was held October 9-12 in Fort Lauderdale Florida… More

Guidelines for Developing Traffic Incident Management Plans for Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
Traffic incident management provides a coordinated approach to managing incidents that occur on our highways. These guidelines are designed to help develop traffic incident management plans that will …More

Pa. Bill Would Toughen Penalties for Injuring Responders in Vehicle Crashes (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
Michael Weigand Act, a new bill named for an Adams County police officer who died on duty when a man crashed a pickup truck into his motorcycle, passed the Pennsylvania state House last week and now g…More

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Guidelines for Emergency Traffic Control (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
This handbook provides guidelines listed in the MUTCD with specific focus on traffic incidents. It contains basic principles, a description of standard traffic control devices, guidelines of the appli…More

Hong Kong to Develop Traffic and Incident Management System (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
Hong Kong's Commissioner of Transportation is proposing to develop a Traffic and Incident Management System costing the equivalent of $12.8 million US dollars. The new proposal would improve the curre…More

Incident management techniques on major construction projects (Practice)

Wisconsin uses extra police surveillance on major construction projects along with changeable message signs, highway advisory radio, and posting of alternate routes. Emergency pullouts for disabled ve… More

Guidance for Implementation of Traffic Incident Management Performance Measurement (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
This guidance provides a working framework to support an agency or traffic incident management (TIM) program in understanding TIM performance measurement and in establishing a TIM performance measurem…More

Incident management techniques on major construction projects (Practice)

In New Hampshire, prior to beginning work the contractor is required to submit a progress schedule and TCP to the engineer for approval. Prior to major work, a preconstruction conference is held to ou… More

Intelligent Transportation Systems in Work Zones: Work Zone Traffic and Incident Management System (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
This case study is one in a series of documents that examines the use of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in work zones. More information on this system and other applications of ITS in work z…More

Incident management techniques on major construction projects (Practice)

Georgia's NAVIGATOR ITS has a public information section that prepares press releases, PR campaigns, and surveys that inform public/radio stations of events. NAVIGATOR has CCTV, CMS, P.C. Bulletin Boa… More

Incident management techniques on major construction projects (Practice)

Oregon stations tow vehicles at worksites to clear stalled or wrecked vehicles immediately. On some projects, Oregon DOT provides a traffic control person equipped with tow cable, water, fuel, etc., t… More

Incident management techniques on major construction projects (Practice)

On the I-40 project in New Mexico, the state highway and transportation department used motor patrol. More

Federal Highway Administration Focus States Initiative: Traffic Incident Management Performance Measures Final Report (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
The Traffic Incident Management Performance Measures Focus States Initiative (TIM PM FSI) involves 11 States that have defined three traffic incident performance measures (PM) and conducted field test…More

Incident management techniques on major construction projects (Practice)

Connecticut uses VMS to alert motorists of situation ahead. More

Incident management techniques on major construction projects (Practice)

On some projects in South Carolina, work zone ITS, providing real time information to motorist, is being provided by on-call vendors to supplement the normal traffic control on major projects. More

Incident management techniques on major construction projects (Practice)

Nevada requires contractors to have plan prior to beginning work. Contracts with all emergency agencies require contractors to provide emergency vehicle access. Plans must limit the number of lane clo… More

Incident management techniques on major construction projects (Practice)

The I-95 project in Florida used service patrol in Ft. Lauderdale. More

Incident management techniques on major construction projects (Practice)

Motorist-aid vehicles have been added to some large construction projects in Texas. More

Incident management techniques on major construction projects (Practice)

North Carolina uses motorist assistance patrol vehicles (24-hour), towing of disabled or abandoned vehicles, preselected emergency detour routes with covered signing, and changeable message signs for … More
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