U.S. Fire Administration Traffic Incident …

1 fire AdministrationTraffic Incident Management SystemsFA-330/Ma rc h fire AdministrationMission StatementWe provide National leadership to foster a solid founda-tion for our fire and emergency services stakeholders in prevention, preparedness, and page intentionally left of ContentsTable of ContentsPreface ..vChapter 1 Introduction ..1 Other Government Initiatives for Roadway Safety ..3 Federal Highway Administration Traffic Incident Management Website ..3 Federal Highway Administration Traffic Incident Management Handbook ..3 National Traffic Incident Management Coalition.

2 3 Data Collection ..4 Firefighter Fatalities ..4 Firefighter Injuries ..5 Secondary Collisions ..6 Factors Influencing the Occurrence of Roadway Scene Incidents ..7 Other Considerations Relative to Roadway Incident Scenes ..8 Economic Impact ..8 Impact of Travel Delay Resulting From Vehicle Collisions ..9 Project Goals ..10 Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways ..10 Chapter 2 Incident Case Studies ..13 Case Study 1 ..13 Case Study 2 ..14 Case Study 3 ..14 Case Study 4 ..15 Case Study 5 ..15 Case Study 6 ..16 Case Study 7.

3 17 Case Study 8 ..17 Case Study 9 ..19 Case Study 10 ..19 Case Study 11 ..20 Case Study 12 ..20 Case Study 13 ..21 Case Study 14 ..21 Summary ..22 Chapter 3 Equipment to Improve Highway Safety ..23 Intelligent Transportation Systems Technologies to Improve Roadway Safety ..24 Traffic Surveillance Technology ..24 Mayday and Automatic Collision Notification Systems ..24 Freeway Service Patrols ..25 Changeable Message Signs ..25 Temporary Traffic Control Zones ..27 Channelizing Devices ..29 Signs ..29 Cones ..29 Flares ..30 Directional Arrow Boards ..31 Barricades.

4 33 Flagger Control ..33iiTable of ContentsHand-Signaling Devices ..34 Flagger Location ..34 Audible Warning Signals ..35 High-Visibility Safety Apparel ..35 American National Standards Institute/International Safety Equipment Association 107 ..36 Fabric ..37 Fluorescence ..37 Retroreflectivity ..38 American National Standards Institute/International Safety Equipment Association 207 ..39 fire Apparatus Safety Equipment ..40 Restraints ..40 Vehicle Striping ..40 Warning Lights ..41 European Concepts in Roadway Scene Equipment and Practices ..44 Recommendations for Roadway Safety Equipment.

5 46 Chapter 4 Setting Up Safe Traffic Incident Management Areas ..47 Establishing the Work Area ..48 emergency Vehicle Warning Lights ..50 Exiting the Apparatus ..52 Determining the Magnitude of the Incident ..52 Minor Incident ..52 Intermediate and Major Incidents ..53 Expanding the Work Area ..53 Flaggers ..54 Terminating the Temporary Traffic Control Operation ..55 Recommendations for Setting Up a Safe Work Zone ..56 Chapter 5 Preincident Planning and Incident Command for Roadway Incidents ..57 Preincident Planning for Roadway Incidents ..57 Sharing Information.

6 57 Developing the Preincident Plan ..60 Managing Roadway Incidents ..61 Initiating Incident Management ..62 Commanding The Incident ..64 Transportation Department Roles in the Highway Incident ICS Organization ..70 Organizing the Incident ..71 Prior to Arrival of Response Units ..71 Small Response ..72 Expanded Incident ..72 Reinforced Response ..72 Additional Considerations ..73 Recommendations for Managing Highway Incidents ..73 Chapter 6 Best Practices and Other Sources of Information for Effective Highway Incident Operations ..75 Sources of Information.

7 75 emergency Responder Safety Institute ..75 National Traffic Incident Management Coalition .. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration ..77iiiTable of ContentsManual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways ..78 Best Practices in Traffic Incident Management ..78 Traffic Incident Management Handbook ..78 Simplified Guide to the Incident Management System for Transportation Officials .. fire Administration Roadway Operations Safety Website ..78 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ..79 Other Examples/Sources of Information.

8 79 Minnesota Traffic Incident Management Recommended Operational Guidelines ..79 Strategic Plan for Highway Incident Management in Tennessee ..79 emergency Traffic Management in Calgary, Alberta, Scotia Traffic Management Guidelines for emergency Scenes ..80 Standard Operating Procedures ..81 Model Standard Operating Procedure for Safe Operations at Roadway Incidents emergency Responder Safety Institute ..81 Scene Safety Survival Basics ..84 Chapter 7 Recommendations ..91 Appendix A List of Acronyms and Abbreviations ..97 Appendix B Resource Websites and Information Sources.

9 101ivTraffic Incident Management SystemsThis page intentionally left fire Administration (USFA) would like to acknowledge the Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for its support of this project. Several members of the FHWA staff also served as reviewers of this report, including emergency Transportation Operations Team Leader Kimberly C. Vasconez and Tim report was developed through a cooperative agreement between the USFA and the International fire Service Training Association (IFSTA) at Oklahoma State University (OSU).

10 IFSTA and its partner OSU fire Protection Publications has been a major publisher of fire service training materials since 1934. Through its association with the OSU College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology it also conducts a va-riety of funded, technical research on fire service, fire prevention, and life safety extensive information provided within this report would not have been possible without the dedica-tion and efforts of the following people assigned to this project: Project Administrator Nancy Trench, Assistant Director for Research, OSU fire Protection Pub-lications; Principle Investigator/Editor Michael A.