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Omaha-Council Bluffs Traffic Incident Management Planning. Omaha-Council Bluffs Traffic Forum. October 15, 2010. Omaha-Council Bluffs Traffic Incident Management Plan Goals. Improve Responder Safety Improve Safety for Travelling Public Reduce Time to Clear Incidents
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Omaha-Council BluffsTraffic Incident ManagementPlanning Omaha-Council Bluffs Traffic Forum October 15, 2010
Omaha-Council BluffsTraffic Incident Management PlanGoals • Improve Responder Safety • Improve Safety for Travelling Public • Reduce Time to Clear Incidents • Coordinate Traffic Management and Incident Response Activities • Improve Communications
TIM PlanningParticipants • Local Law Enforcement • State Patrols • Fire • Emergency Response • 911 Dispatch • Traffic Operations Centers • MAPA • NDOR/IowaDOT • Public Works/ Engineering • Towers • Travel Associations
Omaha-Council BluffsTraffic Incident Management PlanningConcepts • This is your plan! • The plan needs to reflect what you do (or plan to do). • The plan will change over time.
Omaha-Council BluffsTraffic Incident Management PlanningOrganization • Executive Committee • Incident Response Working Group • Traffic Management Working Group • Communication & Coordination Working Group
Incident Response Working Group • On-Scene Activities • Focus • Responder/Traffic Safety, Quick Clearance, Resources, Response Matrix, Communications, Training • Targeted Participants • Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS, Dispatchers, Towing, TMCs, DOT/DOR (Maint.), Motorist Assist, MAPA
Traffic Management Working Group • Address Traffic-Related Issues • Focus • Alternate Routes, Alternate Route Signing, DMS Messages, Response Matrix, Training • Targeted Participants • DOT/DOR (Traffic, ITS, Maint.), Public Works (Traffic, Maint.), Dispatchers, TMCs, Law Enforcement, MAPA
Communications & Coordination Working Group • Communication & Coordination Between Agencies • Focus • Resources, Technology Use, Contact Lists, Comm. Procedures, Performance Measures, Training • Targeted Participants • Dispatchers, DOC, SOSC, Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS, Towing, DOT/DOR, All Agencies
Current Planning Status • Omaha-Council Bluffs TIM Guidelines (80% Plan) • TIM Workshop (November, 2010) • “Final” Plan Presentation (December, 2010)
Remaining Items • Completion of TIM Guidelines Document • Performance Measurements • Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) • Updates • Future Meetings